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JAMES  WALL  SCHUREMAN  CAMPBELL 

Eleventh  president  of  the  Society  of 
The  Cincinnati  in  the  State  of  New  Jersey 


DIGEST  AND  REVISION 

of  Stryker's 
Officers  and  Men  of  New  Jersey  in  the  Revolutionary  War 

for  the  use  of 

The  Society  of  the  Cincinnati  in  the  State  of  New  Jersey 

TOGETHER  WITH 

a  copy  of  the  order  on 

John  Pierce,  Esq.,  Paymaster-General 

to  the  Army  of  the  United  States 

payable  to  Richard  Cox,  Treasurer  of 

The  Society  of  the  Cincinnati  in  the  State  of  New  Jersey 

signed  at  Princeton,  N.  J.,  September  23rd,  1  783 

also  a  copy  of  the  account  of 
Richard  Cox,  Treasurer  with  John  Pierce,  Paymaster-General 

in  connection  therewith 

and  a  list  of  members  with  an  exhibit  of  delinquent  members  of 

The  Society  of  the  Cincinnati  in  the  State  of  New  Jersey 

made  by  Richard  Cox,  Treasurer,  July  5,  1  788 

Revised  and  Compiled 

by 

James  Wall  Schureman  Campbell 

President  of  the  Society 


OFFICERS  OF 


The  Society  of  the  Cincinnati  in  the 
State  of  New  Jersey 

:    1911    : 


PRESIDENT 

James  Wall  Schureman  Campbell 

Freehold,  N.  J. 
VICE-PRESIDENT 

William  Pennington 

800  Broad  Street,  Newark,  N.  J. 
SECRETARY 

Lewis  Dunham  Boggs 

23  Warren  Street,  New  York  City 
TREASURER 

William  McKnight  Reckless 

Freehold,  N.  J. 
ASSISTANT  SECRETARY 

Ulric  Dahlgren 

Princeton,  N.  J. 
ASSISTANT  TREASURER 

Paul  Augustine  Hendry 

1713  Montgomery  Ave.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


Copyright,  1911 

By  THE  SOCIETY  OF  THE  CINCINNATI 
In  the  State  of  New  Jersey 


Roster    of    the    New  Jersey  Officers  of 

the    Continental    Line,    Army   of    the 

Revolution,  Who  Were  Eligible  to 

Membership  in  the  Society 

of  the  Cincinnati 


BRIGADIER  GENERALS. 

*  ||  Dayton,  Elias.  (Original  member.)  Colonel,  Third 
Battalion,  First  Establishment,  February  gth,  1776;  Colonel, 
Third  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  28th,  1776; 
Colonel,  Third  Regiment;  Brigadier  General,  Continental 
Army,  January  7th,  1783;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war; 
took  part  in  all  the  battles  in  which  the  Continental  Line  of 
New  Jersey  was  engaged ;  commanded  the  Jersey  Brigade  after 
the  resignation  of  Brigadier  General  Maxwell ;  also  Colonel  of 
militia. 

Maxwell,  William.  Colonel,  Second  Battalion,  First  Es 
tablishment,  November  8th,  1775 ;  Brigadier  General,  Conti 
nental  Army,  October  23d,  1776;  resigned  July  25th,  1780; 
commanded  the  "Jersey  Line"  during  his  entire  term  of  ser 
vice  as  a  general  officer,  and  took  an  active  part  in  every  bat 
tle  in  which  his  brigade  distinguished  itself. 

COLONELS. 

Forman,  David.  (Original  member.)  Colonel,  "  For- 
man's  Regiment,"  Continental  Army;  also  Brigadier  General, 
militia. 


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6  COLONELS,  LIEUTENANT  COLONELS 

*  Ogden,  Matthias.    (Original  member.)     Lieutenant  Col 
onel,  First  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  March  7th,  1776; 
Lieutenant   Colonel,   First   Battalion,   Second   Establishment, 
November  28th,  1776;  Colonel,  ditto,  January  ist,  1777;  Colo 
nel,    First    Regiment;    taken    prisoner    November   4th,    1780; 
granted  leave  of  absence  by  Congress  April  2ist,  1783,  to  visit 
Europe ;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war. 

*  Shreve,  Israel.     (Original  member.)     Lieutenant  Colo 
nel,   Second   Battalion,   First   Establishment,   November  8th, 
1775;  Colonel,  Second  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  No 
vember  28th,  1776;  Colonel,  Second  Regiment;  discharged  at 
the  close  of  the  war. 

*  Spencer,  Oliver.     (Original  member.)    Colonel,  "  Spen 
cer's  Regiment,"  Continental  Army,  January  I5th,  1777;  dis 
charged  at  the  close  of  the  war ;  also  Colonel,  militia. 

White,  Anthony  Walton.  (Original  member,  State  of 
New  York  transferred  to  New  Jersey.)  Major  and  Aid-de- 
Camp  to  General  Washington,  October,  1775;  Lieutenant 
Colonel,  Third  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  February  Qth, 
1776;  Lieutenant  Colonel,  Fourth  Regiment,  Light  Dragoons, 
Continental  Army,  February  I3th,  1777;  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Commandant,  First  Regiment,  ditto,  December  loth,  1779; 
Colonel,  ditto,  February  i6th,  1780,  and  ordered  to  command 
all  cavalry  in  Southern  Army. 

Winds,  William.  Lieutenant  Colonel,  First  Battalion, 
First  Establishment,  November  7th,  1775;  Colonel,  ditto, 
March  7th,  1776;  discharged  with  battalion;  Brigadier  Gen 
eral,  militia,  March  4th,  1777. 

LIEUTENANT  COLONELS. 

Brearley,  David.  (Original  member.)  Lieutenant  Colo 
nel,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  28th, 
1776;  Lieutenant  Colonel,  First  Regiment,  to  date  January 
ist,  1777;  resigned  March  I7th,  1780,  to  accept  office  of  Chief 
Justice  of  the  State ;  also  Colonel,  militia. 

Burr,  Aaron.     (Original   member,   State  of  New   York.) 


LIEUTENANT  COLONELS  7 

Lieutenant  Colonel  and  Aid-de-Camp,  staff  of  Major  General 
Israel  Putnam. 

Conway,  John.  (Original  member.)  Captain,  First  Bat 
talion,  First  Establishment,  November  2ist,  1775 ;  Captain, 
First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  2gth,  1776; 
Major,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  October  29th, 
1777;  Major,  Third  Regiment;  Lieutenant  Colonel,  First  Regi 
ment,  to  date  March  I7th,  1780;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Ger- 
mantown;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war. 

*  Cumming,  John  N.     (Original  member.)     First  Lieuten 
ant,  Captain  HoweH's  company,  Second  Battalion,  First  Estab 
lishment,   November  29th,    1775 ;    First   Lieutenant,    Captain 
Lawrie's  company,  Second  Battalion,  Second  Establishment, 
November  29th,  1776;  Captain,  Second  Battalion,  ditto,  to  date 
November  3Oth,  1776;  Captain,  Second  Regiment;  Major,  First 
Regiment,  to  date  April  i6th,  1780;  Lieutenant  Colonel,  Second 
Regiment,   December  29th,   1781 ;   Lieutenant   Colonel   Com 
mandant,  Third  Regiment,  February   nth,  1783;  discharged 
at  the  close  of  the  war. 

D'Hart,  William.  Major,  First  Battalion,  First  Estab 
lishment,  November  7th,  1775 ;  Major,  First  Battalion,  Second 
Establishment,  November  28th,  1776;  Lieutenant  Colonel, 
ditto,  January  ist,  1777;  Lieutenant  Colonel,  Second  Regi 
ment,  September  26th,  1780;  resigned. 

*  Forman,     Jonathan.       (Original     member.)       Captain, 
Fourth    Battalion,    Second    Establishment ;    November    23d, 
1776;  Captain,  P"irst  Regiment,  September  26th,  1780;  Major, 
Third  Regiment,  November  2Oth,   1781 ;  Lieutenant  Colonel, 
Second  Regiment,  February  nth,  1783;  discharged  at  the  close 
of  the  war ;  also  Captain,  militia. 

Lindsley,  Eleazer.  Lieutenant  Colonel,  "  Spencer's  Regi 
ment,"  Continental  Army;  resigned;  also  Lieutenant  Colonel, 
militia ;  Second  Major,  "Eastern  Battalion"  Morris,  January 
1 3th,  1776;  Lieutenant  Colonel,  ditto;  also  Lieutenant  Colonel, 
Continental  Army. 

Rhea,  David.  Major,  Second  Battalion,  First  Establish 
ment,  November  8th,  1775 ;  Lieutenant  Colonel,  Second  Bat- 


8  LIEUTENANT  COLONELS,  MAJORS 

talion,  Second  Establishment;  November  28th,   1776;  retired 
September  26th,  1780. 

Smith,  William.  Lieutenant  Colonel,  "  Spencer's  Regi 
ment,"  Continental  Army. 

MAJORS, 

Barber,  William.  Ensign,  Third  Battalion,  First  Estab 
lishment,  October  29th,  1776;  Ensign,  Captain  Ross's  com 
pany,  Third  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th, 
1776;  resigned;  afterwards  Lieutenant  and  Aid-de-Camp  to 
Brigadier  General  William  Maxwell,  January  ist,  1777;  Cap 
tain,  ditto,  April  I4th,  1777;  Major,  ditto,  May  7th,  1778; 
Major  and  Aid-de-Camp  to  Major  General  Lord  Stirling,  Oc 
tober,  1778;  wounded  at  the  siege  of  Yorktown ;  discharged  at 
the  close  of  the  war. 

Bloomfield,  Joseph.  (Original  member.)  Captain,  Third 
Battalion,  First  Establishment,  February  9th,  1776;  Major, 
Third  Battalion,  Second  Establishment;  November  28th, 
1776;  resigned  October  29th,  1778,  to  accept  civil  office;  was 
Judge  Advocate  Northern  Army,  November,  1776. 

*  Bowman,  Nathaniel.    (Original  member.)    Second  Lieu 
tenant,  Captain  Faulkner's  company,  Second  Battalion,  First 
Establishment,  November  i3th,  1775;  First  Lieutenant,  Cap 
tain  Dillon's  company,  ditto,  May  roth,  1776;  First  Lieutenant, 
Captain  Anderson's  company,  Second  Battalion,  Second  Estab 
lishment,  November  29th,  1776;  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Dil 
lon's  company,  ditto,  February  5th,  1777;  Captain,  Second  Bat 
talion,  ditto,  September  nth,  1777;  Captain,  Second  Regiment, 
September  26th,  1780;  Major  by  brevet;  Major,  Third  Regi 
ment,  February  nth,  1783;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war. 

*  J  Bruen,  Jeremiah.     (Original  member.     Dropped  from 
Rolls,   1806.)      Captain,  "  Baldwin's   Regiment  of  Artificers," 
Continental  Army,  March  2d,  1777;   Major,  ditto,  November 
1 2th,  1779. 

Burnet,  Ichabod.  (Original  member  State  of  Georgia.) 
Major  and  Aid-de-Camp,  Continental  Army,  January  9th,  1778. 

*  Burrowes,  John.     (Original  member.)     Captain,  "  For- 


MAJORS  9 

man's  Regiment,"  Continental  Army;  Captain,  "Spencer's 
Regiment/'  Continental  Army,  January  ist,  1777;  Major,  ditto, 
July  22d;  1779;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war. 

*  Cox,  Richard.     (Original  member.)     Second  Lieutenant, 
Captain  Ross's  company,  Third  Battalion,  First  Establishment, 
February  9th,    1776;    First   Lieutenant,   ditto,   October   29th, 
1776;  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Ross's  company,  Third  Bat 
talion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  Captain, 
ditto,  January  ist,  1777;  Captain,  Third  Regiment,  September 
23d,  1780;  Captain,  First  Regiment;  Brigade  Major  to  Briga 
dier  General  William  Maxwell ;  Major,  Second  Regiment,  Janu- 
uary  6th,  1783;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war. 

Doughty,  John.  (Original  member  State  of  New  York, 
transferred  to  New  Jersey,  1793.)  Captain,  Third  Battalion, 
Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  Major,  Third 
Battalion,  ditto;  resigned;  Captain  Lieutenant,  Eastern  Artil 
lery  Company  State  Troops,  May  9th,  1776;  Captain,  Second 
Continental  Regiment  Artillery,  January  ist,  1777;  Aid-de- 
Camp  to  Major-General  Schuyler,  1777;  Colonel  and  Aid-de- 
Camp  to  the  Commander-in-Chief,  etc.,  etc. 

Hollinshead,  John.  (Original  member.)  First  Lieuten 
ant,  Captain  Lawrie's  company,  Second  Battalion,  First  Estab 
lishment,  November  27th,  1775 ;  First  Lieutenant,  Captain 
Brearley's  company,  Second  Battalion,  Second  Establishment, 
November  29th,  1776;  Captain,  Second  Battalion,  ditto,  Febru 
ary  5th,  1777;  Captain,  Second  Regiment;  Major,  Third  Regi 
ment,  to  date  July  5th,  1779;  resigned  November  2oth,  1781. 

Howell,  Richard.  (Original  member.)  Captain,  Second 
Battalion,  First  Establishment,  November  29th,  1775;  Brigade 
Major,  September  4th,  1776;  Major,  Second  Battalion,  Second 
Establishment,  November  28th,  1776;  Major,  Second  Regi 
ment,  resigned,  to  date  April  7th,  1779. 

*  Ogden,  Aaron.     (Original  member.)     Paymaster,  First 
Battalion,  First  Establishment,  December  8th,  1/75 ;  Paymas 
ter,  First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  February  ist,  1777; 
resigned  as   Paymaster  April    ist,   1778;   Captain-Lieutenant, 
First  Regiment;   Captain,  ditto,  to  date   February  2d,   1779; 


io  MAJORS,  ADJUTANTS 

Brigade  Major  and  Inspector  and  Aid-de-Camp  to  Brigadier 
General  William  Maxwell,  April  ist,  1778;  discharged  at  the 
close  of  the  war. 

Polhemus,  John.  (Original  member.  Dropped  from  Rolls 
J793-)  Captain,  First  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  Novem 
ber  22d,  1775;  Captain,  First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment, 
November  29th,  1776;  Major,  ditto;  retired  September  26th, 
1780. 

*  Reading,  Samuel.     (Original  member.)     First  Lieuten 
ant,  Captain  Stout's  company,  Second  Battalion,  First  Estab 
lishment,  December  i8th,  1775 ;  taken  prisoner  at  Three  Riv 
ers,  June  8th,  1776;  Captain,  Second  Battalion,  Second  Estab 
lishment,  February  5th,  1777;  Captain,  Second  Regiment,  to 
date  January   ist,    1777;   Major,   First   Regiment,   December 
29th,  1781 ;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war. 

Ross,  John.  (Original  member.)  Captain,  Third  Bat 
talion,  First  Establishment,  February  9th,  1776;  Captain, 
Third  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776 ; 
Captain,  Third  Regiment;  Major,  Second  Regiment,  to  date 
April  7th,  1779 ;  promoted  Brigade  Major  and  Inspector,  Jersey 
Brigade ;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war ;  also  Lieutenant 
Colonel,  militia. 

ADJUTANTS. 

*  Halsey,    Luther.     (Original   member.)     Serjeant,    Sec 
ond   Battalion,   First   Establishment ;  Adjutant,  Second   Bat 
talion,  Second  Establishment,  November  28th,  1776;  Lieuten 
ant  and  Adjutant,  Second  Regiment,  to  date  November  9th, 
1777;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war;  Captain  by  brevet. 

King,  Joseph.  Adjutant,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Es 
tablishment,  November  28th,  1776;  wounded  and  taken  pris 
oner,  June  26th,  1777,  at  Short  Hills,  Essex  county,  New  Jer 
sey ;  retired  September  26th,  1780;  afterwards  Paymaster,  Con 
tinental  Army;  also  Adjutant,  militia. 

Shippard,  Samuel.  Adjutant,  Third  Battalion,  First  Es 
tablishment,  February  9th,  1776;  Adjutant,  Third  Battalion, 
Second  Establishment,  November  28th,  1776;  Lieutenant  and 


ADJUTANTS,  QUARTERMASTERS  n 

Adjutant,  Third  Regiment,  to  date  November  I2th,  1777; 
Lieutenant,  First  Regiment;  resigned  to  date  July  7th,  1780. 
*  Whitlock,  Ephraim.  (Original  member.)  Ensign, 
Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  28th, 
1776;  Ensign,  Captain  Forman's  company,  ditto,  February 
I7th,  1777;  Second  Lieutenant,  ditto;  First  Lieutenant,  ditto, 
November  23d,  1777;  Lieutenant,  First  Regiment,  to  date 
August  ist,  1779;  Lieutenant  and  Adjutant,  ditto;  discharged 
at  the  close  of  the  war;  Captain  by  brevet;  also  Ensign, 
militia. 

QUARTERMASTERS. 

Clark,  Joseph.  Quartermaster,  staff  of  Major  General 
Adam  Stephens. 

Darby,  Ephraim.  (Original  member.)  Private,  Fourth 
Battalion,  Second  Establishment;  Quartermaster,  ditto,  Feb 
ruary  I7th,  1777;  Lieutenant  and  Quartermaster,  Third  Regi 
ment,  to  date  November  I2th,  1777;  Lieutenant,  First  Regi 
ment;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war;  Captain  by  brevet; 
also  Captain,  militia. 

Douglass,  Ephraim.  Quartermaster,  staff  of  Major  Gen 
eral  Lord  Stirling;  taken  prisoner  at  Bushwick,  Long  Island, 
August  27th,  1776. 

Ford,  Chilleon.  (Original  member.)  Second  Lieuten 
ant,  "  Lamb's  Artillery,"  (Second  Regiment  Artillery),  Conti 
nental  Army,  April  loth,  1777;  Quartermaster,  ditto,  August 
ist,  1779. 

Lott,  Peter.  Ensign,  First  Battalion,  Second  Establish 
ment  ;  Second  Lieutenant,  ditto ;  Ensign  and  Quartermaster, 
First  Regiment;  Lieutenant  and  Quartermaster,  ditto,  to  date 
February  25th,  1778;  resigned,  to  date  March  27th,  1780. 

McEwen,  John.  Serjeant,  "  Spencer's  Regiment,"  Conti 
nental  Army,  February  ist,  1777;  Ensign,  ditto,  May  I2th, 
1779;  Lieutenant  and  Quartermaster  ditto,  July  loth,  1779;  dis 
charged  at  the  close  of  the  war. 

Ogden  Nathaniel.     Quartermaster,  Continental  Army. 

Periam,  Joseph.     Quartermaster,  First  Battalion,  Second 


12     QUARTERMASTERS,  PAYMASTERS,  SURGEONS 

Establishment,  November  28th,  1776;  retired  September  26th, 
1780. 

Smith,  Israel.  Captain  and  Quartermaster,  General 
Heard's  Brigade,  Continental  Army,  March  ist,  1779;  also  As 
sistant  Quartermaster,  Quartermaster's  Department. 

PAYMASTERS. 

*  Shute,  William.  (Original  member.)  Captain  and 
Paymaster,  Second  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  November 
28th,  1775;  Captain  and  Paymaster,  Second  Battalion,  Second 
Establishment,  November  28th,  1776;  resigned  April  2d,  1778; 
appointed  Ensign  and  Paymaster,  Second  Regiment,  to  date 
June  I7th,.  1780;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war;  Captain 
by  brevet. 

Spencer,  Robert.  Paymaster,  "  Spencer's  Regiment,"  Con 
tinental  Army. 

SURGEONS. 

Barnet,  William  M.  Surgeon,  First  Battalion,  First  Es 
tablishment,  December  8th,  1775 ;  Surgeon,  First  Battalion, 
Second  Establishment,  November  28th,  1776;  Surgeon,  First 
Regiment;  resigned. 

Bloomfield,  Moses.  Surgeon,  United  States  Hospital, 
Continental  Army,  May  Hth,  1777. 

Burnet,  William.  (Original  member.)  Chief  Physician 
and  Surgeon,  General  Hospital,  Continental  Army;  also  Sur 
geon,  militia. 

Burnet,  William,  Jr.  Surgeon,  General  Hospital,  Conti 
nental  Army. 

Campbell,  George  [W].  (Original  member.)  Surgeon, 
Hospital  of  Flying  Camp,  Continental  Army,  April  nth,  1777. 

*  Campfield,  Jazeb.  (Original  member.)  Surgeon, 
"Spencer's  Regiment."  Continental  Army,  January  ist,  1777; 
Senior  Physician,  Continental  Army ;  discharged  at  the  close 
of  the  war. 


SURGEONS  13 

Cochran,  John.  Surgeon  General  in  General  Hospital, 
April  nth,  1777;  Chief  Physician  and  Surgeon  to  the  Army, 
October  iQth,  1780. 

Dunham,  Lewis  F.  (Original  member.)  Surgeon,  Third 
Battalion,  First  Establishment,  February  2ist,  1776;  Surgeon, 
Third  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  28th,  1776; 
Surgeon,  Third  Regiment,  resigned. 

*  Elmer,    Ebenezer.      (Original    member.)      Ensign,    Cap 
tain  Bloomfield's  company,  Third  Battalion,  First  Establish 
ment,  February  gth,  1776;  Second  Lieutenant,  ditto,  April  Qth, 
1776;    Surgeon's    Mate,   Third    Battalion,    Second    Establish 
ment,  November  28th,  1776;  transferred  to  Second  Battalion, 
ditto;  Surgeon,  Second  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  July 
5th,  1778;  Surgeon,  Second  Regiment,  September  26th,  1780; 
discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war. 

Ervin,  David.  Surgeon,  First  Regiment,  September  26th, 
1780;  also  Surgeon's  Mate,  militia. 

*  Harris,   Jacob.     (Original    member.)     Surgeon's    Mate, 
First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  28th,  1776; 
Surgeon's  Mate,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  Feb 
ruary  26th,  1777;  Surgeon's  Mate,  First  Regiment,  September 
26th,  1780;  Surgeon,  Third  Regiment,  November  i6th,  1782; 
discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war. 

McCarter,  Charles.  Surgeon,  "  Morgan's  Rifle  Corps," 
Continental  Army,  June  loth,  1777. 

Otto,  Frederick.  Surgeon  in  General  Hospital,  May  ist, 
1777. 

Reed,  Thomas.  Surgeon,  "  Livingston's  Regiment,"  Con 
tinental  Army,  December  i8th,  1776. 

Riker,  John  B.  Surgeon,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Es 
tablishment,  November  28th,  1776;  retired  September  26th, 
1780. 

Scott,  Moses.  Surgeon  in  General  Hospital,  Continental 
Army;  also  Surgeon,  militia. 

Tunison,  Garret.  Surgeon,  "  Lamb's  Artillery,"  (Second 
Regiment  Artillery),  Continental  Army;  discharged  at  the 
close  of  the  war. 


H      SURGEONS,  SURGEONS'  MATES,  CHAPLAINS 

Vickars,  Samuel.  Surgeon's  Mate  in  General  Hospital, 
Continental  Army;  Surgeon,  ditto,  April  i4th,  1777. 

Wilson,  Lewis.  Surgeon's  Mate  in  General  Hospital, 
Continental  Army,  January,  1778;  Surgeon,  ditto,  June  3oth, 
1779. 

Witherspoon,  John.     Surgeon  in  General  Hospital,  Conti- 
SURGEONS'  MATES. 

*  Appleton,    Abraham.     (Original     member.)     Surgeon's 
Mate,  Second  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  December  2ist, 
1775  ;  discharged  with  battalion.     (See,  also,  Lieutenants.) 

Ball,  Stephen.  Surgeon's  Mate,  First  Regiment,  Septem 
ber  26th,  1780;  resigned. 

Dorsey,  John.  Surgeon's  Mate,  "Spencer's  Regiment," 
Continental  Army,  January  ist,  1777. 

*  $  Elmer,    Moses    G.       (Original    member.)       Surgeon's 
Mate,  Second  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  August  28th, 
-1778;   Surgeon's    Mate,    Second    Regiment,    September   26th, 
1780;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war. 

Henry,  Robert  R.  Surgeon's  Mate  in  General  Hospital, 
Continental  Army,  March  I7th,  1777. 

Loree  (or  Loring),  Ephraim.  Surgeon's  Mate,  Third  Bat 
talion,  Second  Establishment,  November  28th,  1776;  Surgeon's 
Mate,  Third  Regiment,  September  26th,  1780;  resigned. 

Morris,  Jonathan  F.  Surgeon's  Mate  in  General  Hospital, 
Continental  Army,  March  6th,  1780;  also  Lieutenant,  "Proc 
tor's  Regiment  of  Artillery,"  Continental  Army ;  also  Surgeon, 
militia. 

Read,  Thomas  C.  Surgeon's  Mate,  Third  Battalion,  First 
Establishment,  February  9th,  1776;  discharged  with  battalion. 

Stockton,  Ebenezer.  (Original  member.)  Surgeon's 
Mate  in  General  Hospital,  Continental  Army,  September  2oth, 

CHAPLAINS. 

Armstrong,  James  F.  (Original  member.)  Chaplain, 
Second  Maryland  Brigade,  Continental  Army,  July  I7th,  1778; 
also  private,  militia. 


CHAPLAINS,  COMMISSARY-GENERALS,  CAPTAINS  15 

Cox,  .  Chaplain,  First  Battalion,  Second  Establish 
ment,  November  28th,  1776;  retired  September  26th,  1780. 

Hunter,  Andrew.  (Original  member.)  Chaplain,  Third 
Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  June  ist,  1777;  Chaplain  to 
General  Maxwell's  Brigade,  June  I5th,  1777;  Chaplain,  Third 
Regiment  and  Brigade,  September  26th,  1780;  taken  prisoner; 
discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war ;  also  Chaplain,  militia. 

Mason,  John.  Chaplain,  Continental  Army;  discharged 
at  the  close  of  the  war;  also  Chaplain,  militia. 

McWhorter,  Alexander.  Chaplain  of  Division,  Conti 
nental  Army. 

Spencer,  Elihu.  Chaplain  in  Hospital,  Middle  District, 
Continental  Army,  October  2Oth,  1777. 

COMMISSARY-GENERAL  OF  PRISONERS. 

Beatty,  John.  (Original  member.)  Commissary-General 
of  Prisoners,  May  28th,  1778;  resigned  March  3ist,  1780;  Cap 
tain,  Fifth  Pennsylvania  Battalion,  Continental  Line,  October 
I2th,  1776;  taken  prisoner  at  Fort  Washington,  November 
1 6th,  1776. 

COMMISSARY-GENERAL  OF  ISSUES. 

Stewart,  Charles.  Colonel,  Battalion  Minute  Men,  New 
Jersey  Militia,  February  I5th,  1776;  Commissary-General,  New 
Jersey  Militia;  Commissary-General  of  Issues,  Continental 
Army,  June  i8th,  1777,  to  July,  1782. 

CAPTAINS. 

Anderson,  John.  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Reading's 
company,  Third  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  February 
7th,  1776;  resigned;  Captain,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Estab 
lishment,  November  28th,  1776;  retired  September  26th,  1780; 
also  Captain,  militia. 

Anderson,  Joseph  I.  Ensign,  Captain  Sharp's  company, 
Third  Battalion,  First  Establishment;  Second  Lieutenant, 


i6  CAPTAINS 

ditto,  July  1 9th,  1776;  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Mott's  com 
pany,  Third  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th, 
1776;  Captain,  ditto,  October  26th,  1777;  Captain,  Third  Regi 
ment  ;  Captain  and  Paymaster,  Third  Regiment,  to  date  April 
Tst,  1779;  Captain,  First  Regiment;  discharged  at  the  close 
of  the  war. 

J  Baldwin,  Daniel.  (Original  member.)  First  Lieuten 
ant,  Captain  Morns'  company,  First  Battalion,  First  Establish 
ment,  November  8th,  1775;  Captain,  First  Battalion,  Second 
Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  severely  wounded — lost 
a  leg  at  the  battle  of  Germantown,  October  4th,  1777;  dis 
charged  March  ist,  1779. 

*  Ballard,  Jeremiah.     (Original  member.)     Second  Lieu 
tenant,  Captain  Reading's  company,  Third  Battalion,  First  Es 
tablishment,  February  I7th,  1776;  First  Lieutenant,  Captain 
Doughty 's  company,  Third  Battalion,  Second  Establishment, 
November  29th,  1776;  Captain,  ditto,  October  26th,  1777;  Cap 
tain,  Third  Regiment,  September  23d,  1780;  Captain,  Second 
Regiment ;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war. 

*  Barton,  William.     (Original  member.)     Ensign,  Fourth 
Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  28th,  1776;  Second 
Lieutenant,   Captain   Lyon's  company,   ditto,   February   I7th, 
1777;  First  Lieutenant,  ditto;  Lieutenant,  First  Regiment,  to 
date  November  ist,  1777;  Quartermaster,  ditto,  to  date  March 
nth,  1780;  Captain,  ditto,  December  27th,  1781 ;  discharged  at 
the  close  of  the  war. 

Bond,  William.  Captain,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Es 
tablishment,  November  28th,  1776;  retired  September  26th, 
1780;  also  Lieutenant  Colonel,  militia. 

Bonnel,  James.  (Original  member.)  Lieutenant,  "  Spen 
cer's  Regiment,"  Continental  Army,  February  ist,  1777;  Adju 
tant,  ditto,  September  ist,  1778;  Captain,  ditto,  April  24th, 
1779;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war;  also  Captain,  militia. 

Brearley,  Joseph.  Captain,  Second  Battalion,  First  Es 
tablishment,  November  2Oth,  1775;  Captain,  Second  Battalion, 
Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  retired  Febru 
ary  5th,  1777;  also  Major,  militia. 


CAPTAINS  17 

Broderick,  James.  Captain,  "  Spencer's  Regiment,"  Con 
tinental  Army,  February  i8th,  1777;  resigned;  also  Major,  mili 
tia  ;  Captain,  First  Regiment,  Sussex ;  Captain,  Third  Battalion, 
ditto;  First  Major,  Second  Regiment,  Sussex,  February  28th, 
1777;  resigned;  also  Captain,  Continental  Army. 

Bull,  William.  Captain,  "  Spencer's  Regiment,"  Conti 
nental  Army. 

Clark,  Thomas.  First  Lieutenant,  Eastern  Company  of 
Artillery,  State  Troops,  March  ist,  1776;  Captain-Lieutenant, 
ditto;  Captain,  ditto,  January  8th,  1778.  Officers  in  this  artil 
lery  served  in  General  Knox's  brigade  of  artillery  during  the 
Avar. 

Colfax,  William.  Lieutenant  in  "Commander-in-Chief's 
Guard,"  Continental  Army ;  Captain,  ditto. 

Craig,  John.  Captain,  "  Fourth  Regiment,  Light  Dra 
goons,"  Continental  Army. 

Crane,  William.  Lieutenant,  "  Spencer's  Regiment,"  Con 
tinental  Army;  Captain,  ditto,  March,  1777. 

*  Dayton,    Jonathan.      (Original    member.)      Paymaster, 
Third    Battalion,    First    Establishment,    February   7th,    1776; 
Paymaster,  Third  Battalion,  Second  Establishment;  Lieuten 
ant  and  Paymaster,  Third  Regiment,  to  date   February   ist, 
1779;  Major  and  Aid-de-Camp  to  Major-General  Sullivan,  May 
ist,  1779;  Captain,  Third  Regiment,  to  date  March  3Oth,  1780; 
prisoner  of  war,  November  4th,  1780;  Captain,  First  Regiment; 
discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war. 

*  D'Hart,  Cyrus.     (Original  member.)     Ensign,  Captain 
Daniel  Piatt's  company,  First  Battalion,  First  Establishment, 
September  i8th,  1776;  Lieutenant  and  Paymaster,  First  Regi 
ment;   Captain-Lieutenant,  ditto,  to   date  March   nth,   1780; 
Captain,  ditto,  January  ist,  1781;  Captain,  Second  Regiment; 
discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war. 

Dickerson,  Peter.  Captain,  Third  Battalion,  First  Estab 
lishment,  February  7th,  1776;  Captain,  Third  Battalion,  Sec 
ond  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  retired  September 
26th,  1780. 


18  CAPTAINS 

Dillon,  James.  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Faulkner's  com 
pany,  Second  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  November  I3th, 
1775 ;  Captain,  Second  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  May 
loth,  1776;  Captain,  Second  Battalion,  Second  Establishment, 
November  29th,  1776;  retired  September  26th,  1780. 

Edgar,  David.  First  Lieutenant,  Fourth  Battalion,  Sec 
ond  Establishment,  November  28th,  1776;  First  Lieutenant, 
Captain  Lyon's  company,  ditto,  February  I7th,  1777;  Captain, 
ditto ;  resigned ;  Lieutenant,  "  Sheldon's  Regiment,  Light  Dra 
goons,"  Continental  Army ;  Captain,  ditto,  November  27th, 
1778;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war;  also  First  Lieutenant, 
militia. 

Elmer,  Eli.  (Original  member.)  Second  Lieutenant  and 
Captain,  Western  Company  of  Artillery,  New  Jersey  State 
Troops;  First  Lieutenant,  ditto,  February  ist,  1777.  (Offi 
cers  of  this  artillery  served  in  General  Knox's  brigade  of  artil 
lery  during  the  war.) 

Flahaven,  John.  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Daniel 
Piatt's  company,  First  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  Decem 
ber  i6th,  1775 ;  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Conway's  com 
pany,  First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th, 
1776;  prisoner  of  war,  April  22d,  1777;  Captain,  First  Regi 
ment,  September  26th,  1780;  resigned. 

Flanningham  (or  Flanagan),  Samuel.  First  Lieutenant, 
Captain  Sharp's  company,  Third  Battalion,  First  Establish 
ment,  February  9th,  1776;  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Dicker- 
son's  company,  Third  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  No 
vember  29th,  1776;  Captain,  ditto,  retired;  also  Major,  militia. 

Foreman,  Thomas  M.     Captain,  Continental  Army. 

Gifford,  William.  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Bloom- 
field's  company,  Third  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  Febru 
ary  7th,  1776;  First  Lieutenant,  ditto;  Captain,  Third  Bat 
talion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  Captain, 
Third  Regiment;  prisoner  of  war,  January  3Oth,  1780;  re 
signed. 

*  Heard,  James.  (Original  member.)  Cornet,  "  Lee's  Le 
gion,"  Continental  Army,  April  ist,  1779;  Lieutenant  and  Pay- 


CAPTAINS  19 

master,  ditto,  February  1st,  1780;  Captain,  ditto;  discharged 
at  the  close  of  the  war. 

*  Heard,  John.     (Original  member.)      Lieutenant,  "  Moy- 
lan's  Regiment,"  Continental  Army,  January  2oth,  1777;  Cap 
tain,  ditto,  February  8th,  1778;  also  Second  Lieutenant,  militia. 
(Eastern  Company  of  Artillery.) 

*  Helms,  William.     (Original  member.)     Ensign,  Second 
Battalion,  First  Establishment,  November  7th,  1775 ;  Lieuten 
ant,  Captain  Shaw's  company,  ditto,  December  25th,  1775  ;  Sec 
ond  Lieutenant,  Captain  Brearley's  company,  Second  Battalion, 
Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  First  Lieutenant, 
Captain  Luce's  company,  ditto,  February  5th,  1777;  Captain, 
ditto,  December  1st,   1777;  Captain,  Second  Regiment,  Sep 
tember  26th,  1780;  Major  by  brevet;  discharged  at  the  close  of 
the  war;  also  Captain,  militia. 

*  Hendry,   Samuel.     (Original    member.)     Ensign,    Cap 
tain  Lawrie's  company,  Second  Battalion,  First  Establishment, 
November  27th,   1775 ;  Second   Lieutenant,  ditto,   September 
5th,  1776;  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Stout's  company,  Sec 
ond  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th,   1776; 
First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Anderson's  company,  ditto,  Febru 
ary  5th,  1777;  Captain-Lieutenant,  Second  Regiment;  Captain, 
ditto,  to  date  July  5th,  1779;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war. 

Hennion,  Cornelius.  Ensign,  Captain  Potter's  company, 
Third  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  February  7th,  1776;  Sec- 
one  Lieutenant,  ditto,  July  I9th,  1776;  First  Lieutenant,  Cap 
tain  Gifford's  company,  Third  Battalion,  Second  Establish 
ment,  November  29th,  1776;  Captain,  ditto;  severely  wounded 
at  Short  Hills,  New  Jersey,  June  26th,  1777,  and  discharged 
on  account  of  wounds,  April  ist,  1778. 

Herron,  James.  Captain,  "  Congress'  Own  Regiment," 
Continental  Army. 

Holmes,  James.  Captain,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Es 
tablishment,  November  28th,  1776;  retired  September  26th, 
1780;  also  Captain,  militia. 

*  Holmes,   John.     (Original   member.)     Second    Lieuten 
ant,  Captain  Longstreet's  company,  First  Battalion,  First  Es- 


20  CAPTAINS 

lablishment,  December  i6th,  1775;  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain 
Polhemus'  company,  First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment, 
November  29th,  1776;  Captain,  First  Regiment,  to  date  Febru 
ary  ist,  1779;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war. 

*  Holmes,  Jonathan.     (Original  member.)     Second  Lieu 
tenant,   Fourth   Battalion,   Second   Establishment,  November 
28th,   1776;  Second   Lieutenant,  Captain   Forman's   company, 
ditto,  February  I7th,  1777;  First  Lieutenant,  ditto;  Lieutenant, 
Second  Regiment;   Captain,  ditto,  to   date  April   i6th,   1780; 
prisoner  of  war;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war;  also  Sec 
ond  Lieutenant,  militia. 

*  Howell,    John.     (Original    member.)     Ensign,    Captain 
Howell's  company,  First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  No 
vember  2Qth,  1776;  Lieutenant,  First  Regiment,  to  date  Octo 
ber  29th,  1777;  Captain,  ditto,  November  2Oth,  1781 ;  discharged 
at  the  close  of  the  war. 

Howell,  Silas.  Captain,  First  Battalion,  First  Establish 
ment,  November  1/j.th,  1775;  Captain,  First  Battalion,  Second 
Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  retired  September  26th, 
1780. 

Imlay,  William  Eugene.  Captain,  Third  Battalion,  First 
Establishment,  February  7th,  1776;  discharged  with  battalion; 
also  Captain,  militia. 

Kinsey,  Jonathan.  Captain,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second 
Establishment,  November  28th,  1776;  retired  September  26th, 
1780;  also  Captain,  militia. 

Kirkpatrick,  David.  Lieutenant,  "Spencer's  Regiment," 
Continental  Army;  Captain,  ditto. 

*  Lane,   Derrick.     (Original   member.)     Second   Lieuten 
ant,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  28th, 
1776;  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Hollinshead's  company,  Sec 
ond    Battalion,    Second    Establishment,    February    5th,    1777; 
Lieutenant    and    Quartermaster,    Second    Regiment,    to    date 
April   3d,   1779;  Captain-Lieutenant,  ditto,  to   date  July   5th, 
1778;  Captain,  ditto,  February  nth,  1783;  discharged  at  close 
of  the  war;  also  Second  Lieutenant,  militia. 

*  Leonard,  Nathaniel.    (Original  member.     Dropped  from 


CAPTAINS  21 

Rolls  1799.)  Ensign,  Captain  Sharp's  company,  Third  Bat 
talion,  First  Establishment,  February  9th,  1776;  Second  Lieu 
tenant,  Captain  Gordon's  company,  Third  Battalion,  Second 
Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  First  Lieutenant,  ditto, 
October  ist,  1777;  Lieutenant,  Third  Regiment;  Captain-Lieu 
tenant,  First  Regiment,  March  3Oth,  1780;  Captain,  Third 
Regiment,  September  6th,  1781 ;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the 
war ;  also  Captain,  militia. 

Lloyd,  Bateman.  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Kinsey's 
company,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  February 
3 7.'  J777;  Captain,  ditto,  November  I2th,  1777;  Captain,  Third 
Regiment,  September  26th,  1780;  Captain,  Second  Regiment; 
taken  prisoner,  February  27th,  1778;  exchanged  April  ist, 
1781;  resigned;  also  Captain,  militia. 

§  Lloyd,  Richard.  (Original  member.)  First  Lieutenant, 
Captain  Imlay's  company,  Third  Battalion,  First  Establish 
ment,  February  7th,  1776;  Captain,  "Hazen's  Regiment"  (Sec 
ond  Canadian),  Continental  Army,  September  2Oth,  1777;  dis 
charged  at  the  close  of  the  war;  Major  by  brevet. 

Longstreet,  Elias.  Captain,  First  Battalion,  First  Estab 
lishment,  December  i6th,  1775 ;  Captain,  First  Battalion,  Sec 
ond  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  prisoner  of  war;  re 
tired  September  26th,  1780. 

Luce,  Henry.  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Shaw's  com 
pany,  Second  Battalion,  first  Establishment,  December  25th, 
1775;  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Stout's  company,  Second  Bat 
talion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  Captain, 
Second  Battalion,  ditto,  February  5th,  1777;  resigned  April, 
1779;  also  Captain,  militia. 

*  Martin,  Absalom.  (Original  member.)  Paymaster, 
Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  28th,  1776; 
Lieutenant,  First  Regiment,  to  date  February  ist,  1779;  Lieu 
tenant  and  Paymaster,  ditto,  to  date  November  ist,  1779;  Cap 
tain,  First  Regiment,  January  6th,  1783;  discharged  at  the 
close  of  the  war. 

Martin,  Jacob.  Captain,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Estab 
lishment. 


22  CAPTAINS 

Maxwell,  Anthony.  Lieutenant,  "  Spencer's  Regiment," 
Continental  Army ;  Captain,  ditto. 

Maxwell,  James.  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Scott's  com 
pany,  Second  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  December  gth, 
1775  ;  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Shute's  company,  Second  Bat 
talion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  First 
Lieutenant,  Captain  Reading's  company,  ditto,  February  5th, 
1777;  Captain,  ditto;  retired  September  26th,  1780. 

Mead,  Yellis  -(or  Giles).  (Original  member.)  First  Lieu 
tenant,  Captain  Meeker's  company,  First  Battalion,  First  Es 
tablishment,  December  loth,  1775 ;  First  Lieutenant,  Captain 
Conway's  company,  First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment, 
November  29th,  1776;  Captain,  ditto,  October  29th,  1777;  Cap 
tain,  First  Regiment,  September  26th,  1780;  discharged  at  the 
close  of  the  war. 

Meeker,  Joseph.  Captain,  First  Battalion,  First  Estab 
lishment,  December  9th,  1775;  discharged  with  battalion. 

Mercer,  John.  Ensign,  Captain  Howell's  company,  First 
Battalion,  First  Establishment ;  First  Lieutenant,  ditto,  No 
vember  I4th,  1775 ;  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Morris'  com 
pany,  First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th, 
1776;  Captain,  ditto,  February  I5th,  1777;  prisoner  of  war;  ex 
changed  November  6th,  1780;  retired  September  26th,  1780. 

*  J  Mitchell,  Alexander.  (Original  member.  Dropped  from 
Rolls  September,  1783.)  First  Lieutenant,  Fourth  Battalion, 
Second  Establishment,  November  28th,  1776;  First  Lieutenant, 
Captain  Holmes'  company,  ditto,  February  I7th,  1777;  Cap 
tain,  ditto,  November  1st,  1777;  Captain,  First  Regiment,  Sep 
tember  26th,  1780;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war;  also 
First  Lieutenant,  militia. 

Morrison,  Isaac.  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  M'Mires' 
company,  First  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  December  I5th, 
1775;  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Polhemus'  company,  First  Bat 
talion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  Captain, 
ditto;  retired  September  26th,  1780. 

Mott,  John.  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Patterson's  com 
pany,  Third  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  February  9th, 


CAPTAINS  23 

1776;  Captain,  Third  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  No 
vember  2Qth,  1776;  retired,  September  26th,  1780;  also  Cap 
tain,  militia. 

Neeley,  Abraham.  Captain,  "  Spencer's  Regiment,"  Conti 
nental  Army. 

Parkhurst,  John.     Captain,  Continental  Army. 

Patterson,  Thomas.  Captain,  Third  Battalion,  First  Es 
tablishment,  February  9th,  1776;  Captain,  ^Third  Battalion, 
Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  retired  Septem 
ber  26th,  1780. 

Pemberton,  Robert.  (Original  member.)  Lieutenant, 
"  Spencer's  Regiment,"  Continental  Army,  June  I4th,  1777 ; 
Adjutant,  ditto,  October  loth,  1777;  Captain,  ditto,  January 
ist,  1778;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war. 

*  Phillips,  Jonathan.     (Original  member.)     Second  Lieu 
tenant,  Captain  Brearley's  company,  Second  Battalion,  First 
Establishment,  November  2Oth,  1775 ;  First  Lieutenant,  Cap 
tain   Shaw's   company,   Second   Battalion,   Second   Establish 
ment,  November  29th,  1776;  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Yard's 
company,  ditto,  February  5th,  1777;  Captain,  ditto,  December 
ist,  1777;  Captain,  Second  Regiment,  September  26th,  1780; 
discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war ;  also  Captain,  militia. 

Piatt,  Jacob.  (Original  member.)  Ensign,  Captain 
M'Mires'  company,  First  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  De 
cember  I5th,  1775;  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Longstreet's 
company,  First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November 
29th,  1776;  Adjutant,  First  Battalion,  ditto;  Lieutenant  and 
Adjutant,  First  Regiment;  Captain-Lieutenant,  ditto,  to  date 
February  2d,  1779 ;  Captain  by  brevet ;  Captain,  ditto ;  resigned, 
to  date  March  nth,  1780. 

*  Piatt,  William.       (Original  member.)       Private,  First 
Battalion,  Second  Establishment;  Serjeant,  ditto;  Lieutenant, 
First  Regiment;  Captain,  ditto,  to  date  March  nth,  1780;  dis 
charged  at  the  close  of  the  war. 

Pike,  Zebulon.  Cornet,  "  Moylan's  Regiment,"  Conti 
nental  Army,  March  ist,  1777;  Adjutant,  ditto,  November  ist, 


24  CAPTAINS 

1777;  Lieutenant,  ditto,  March  I5th,  1778;  Paymaster,  ditto, 
Captain,  ditto,  December  25th,  1778. 

Potter,   Samuel.       Captain,   Third   Battalion,   First   Estab 
lishment,  February  9th,  1776;  discharged  with  battalion. 

Reading,  Thomas.  Captain,  Third  Battalion,  First  Estab 
lishment,  February  9th,  1776;  discharged  with  battalion. 

Sandford,  John.  Captain,  "  Spencer's  Regiment,"  Conti 
nental  Army. 

Sharp,  Anthony.  Captain,  Third  Battalion,  First  Estab 
lishment,  February  9th,  1776;  discharged  with  battalion;  also, 
Major,  militia. 

Shaw,  Archibald.  Captain,  Second  Battalion,  First  Estab 
lishment,  December  25th,  1775;  Captain,  Second  Battalion, 
Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  retired,  February 
5th,  1777. 

Sparks,  John.  Ensign,  Captain  Faulkner's  company,  Sec 
ond  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  November  I3th,  1775;  Sec 
ond  Lieutenant,  Captain  Dillon's  company,  ditto,  May  loth, 
1776;  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Lawrie's  company,  Second 
Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  First 
Lieutenant,  Captain  Cumming's  company,  ditto,  February  5th, 
1777;  Captain,  ditto;  retired  September  26th,  1780. 

Van  Anglen,  John.  Ensign,  Captain  Polhemus'  com 
pany,  First  Battalion,  First  Establishment ;  First  Lieutenant, 
ditto,  November  22d,  1775;  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Row- 
ell's  company,  First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  Novem 
ber  29th,  1776;  Captain,  ditto;  retired  September  26th,  1780. 

Wade,  Noadiah.  Captain,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Es 
tablishment,  February  T7th,  1777;  retired  September  26th, 
1780. 

Weatherby,  Benjamin.  Captain,  "Spencer's  Regiment," 
Continental  Army,  February  23d,  1777;  discharged  at  the  close 
of  the  war. 

Westcott,  John.  First  Lieutenant,  Western  Artillery, 
Western  Company,  Artillery,  State  Troops,  March  ist,  1776; 
Captain-Lieutenant,  ditto ;  Captain,  ditto.  Officers  of  this  ar- 


CAPTAINS,  LIEUTENANTS  25 

tillery  served  in  General  Knox's  brigade  of  artillery  during  the 
war. 

*  Weyman,  Abel.     (Original  member.)     Ensign,  Fourth 
Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  28th,  1776;  Sec 
ond  Lieutenant,  Captain  Anderson's  company,  ditto,   Febru 
ary  I7th,  1777;  First  Lieutenant,  ditto,  November  ist,  1777; 
Lieutenant,  Second  Regiment,  September  26th,  1780;  Captain- 
Lieutenant,  ditto,  April  i6th,  1780;  Captain,  ditto,  January  ist, 
1781 ;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war;  also  Ensign,  militia. 

Whittall,  Benjamin.  Second  Lieutenant,  Western  Com 
pany  Artillery,  State  Troops ;  First  Lieutenant,  ditto ;  Captain- 
Lieutenant,  ditto.  (This  artillery  assigned  to  General  Knox's 
brigade  of  artillery.)  Captain,  Colonel  Newcomb's  battalion, 
State  Troops. 

Wool,  Isaiah.     Captain,  Artillery,  Continental  Army. 

Yard,  Thomas.  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Brearley's 
company,  Second  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  November 
20th,  1775;  Captain,  Second  Battalion,  Second  Establishment, 
November  29th,  1776;  retired  September  26th,  1780. 

LIEUTENANTS. 

Anderson,  Augustine.     Lieutenant,  Continental  Army. 

f  §  Anderson,  James.  (Original  member.)  Lieutenant, 
"  Hazen's  Regiment,"  (Second  Canadian),  Continental  Army; 
discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war. 

Appleton,  Abraham.  (Original  member.)  Second  Lieu 
tenant,  Captain  Yard's  company,  Second  Battalion,  Second  Es 
tablishment,  February  5th,  1777;  Ensign,  Second  Regiment; 
Lieutenant,  ditto,  to  date  December  ist,  1777;  discharged  at 
the  close  of  the  war;  Captain  by  brevet.  (See,  also,  Surgeons' 
Mates.) 

*  Blair,  John.     (Original  member.)     Ensign,  Fourth  Bat 
talion,  Second  Establishment,  November  28th,  1776;  Ensign, 
Captain  Kinsey's  company,  ditto,  February  I7th,  1777;  Second 
Lieutenant,   ditto;   First   Lieutenant,   Captain   Holmes'   com- 


26  LIEUTENANTS 

pany,  ditto;  Lieutenant,  Third  Regiment,  to  date  December  2d, 
1777;  Lieutenant,  First  Regiment;  discharged  at  the  close  of 
the  war ;  Captain  by  brevet ;  also  Ensign,  militia. 

*  Bonham,  Absalom.     (Original  member.)     Second  Lieu 
tenant,   Fourth   Battalion,   Second   Establishment,   November 
ist,    1777;  transferred  to   First   Battalion;   First   Lieutenant, 
ditto,  March  27th,  1780;  Ensign,  First  Regiment;  Lieutenant, 
ditto,  to  date  March  27th,  1780;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the 
war ;  Captain  by  brevet. 

Brown,  John.  Private,  "  Forman's  Regiment,"  Conti 
nental  Army;  Serjeant,  "Spencer's  Regiment,"  Continental 
Army,  July  ist,  1777;  Lieutenant,  Captain  Edgar's  troop, 
"  Sheldon's  Regiment,  Light  Dragoons,"  Continental  Army. 

*  Buck,  Joseph.     (Original   member.)     Serjeant,   Second 
Battalion,  Second  Establishment ;  Ensign,  Second  Regiment,  to 
date  February  ist,  1779;  Lieutenant,  ditto,  January  ist,  1781; 
discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war;  Captain  by  brevet. 

*  Burrowes,  Eden.     (Original  member.)     Serjeant,  First 
Battalion,  Second  Establishment ;  Lieutenant,  First  Regiment, 
to  date  January  4th,  1778;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war; 
Captain  by  brevet. 

Colyer,  Thomas.     Lieutenant,  Continental  Army. 

*  Conn,  Samuel.     (Original   member.)     Second   Lieuten 
ant,  Captain  Kinsey's  company,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Es 
tablishment,  February  I7th,  1777;  Lieutenant,  Second  Regi 
ment,  to  date  November  I2th,  1777;  discharged  at  the  close  of 
the  war ;  Captain  by  brevet ;  also  Lieutenant,  militia. 

t  Giles,  James.  (Original  member.)  Adjutant,  Artillery, 
Continental  Army;  Lieutenant,  ditto. 

Gildersleeve,  Finch.  Lieutenant,  "  Spencer's  Regiment," 
Continental  Army. 

*  Kersey,  William.     (Original  member.)     Private,  Third 
Battalion,  First  Establishment;  Private,  Captain  Ross'  com 
pany,  Third  Battalion,  Second  Establishment ;  Second  Lieuten 
ant,  ditto,  November  ist,  1777;  Ensign,  Third  Regiment;  Lieu 
tenant,  ditto,  to  date  March  3Oth,  1780;  Lieutenant,  First  Regi 
ment  ;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war ;  Captain  by  brevet. 


LIEUTENANTS  27 

Kollock,  Shepherd.  (Original  member.)  Lieutenant, 
Artillery,  Continental  Army ;  Captain  by  brevet. 

Lane,  Aaron.  Ensign,  Captain  Stout's  company,  Second 
Battalion,  First  Establishment,  December  i8th,  1775 ;  Second 
Lieutenant,  Captain  Yard's  company,  Second  Battalion,  Second 
Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  Second  Lieutenant,  Cap 
tain  Anderson's  company,  ditto,  February  5th,  1777;  Lieuten 
ant,  Second  Regiment;  resigned  to  date  February  3d,  1779. 

Little,  Eleazer.  Lieutenant,  "Baldwin's  Regiment  of  Arti 
ficers,"  Continental  Army,  March  2d,  1777. 

McCollum,  John.     Lieutenant,  Continental  Army. 

Meeker,  Uzal.  Ensign,  "  Spencer's  Regiment,"  Contir 
nental  Army,  February  loth,  1777;  Lieutenant,  ditto,  Febru 
ary,  loth,  1779;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war. 

Munn.  John.  Lieutenant,  Continental  Army;  prisoner  of 
war,  September,  1780. 

Nash,  .  Lieutenant,  "  Patton's  Regiment,"  Conti 
nental  Army. 

Neglee,  Samuel.  Ensign,  Captain  Howeirs  company, 
Second  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  November  29th,  1775; 
Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Dillon's  company,  Second  Bat 
talion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  Lieuten 
ant,  Second  Regiment;  resigned  April  8th,  1780. 

Ogden,  Barne.  Ensign,  "  Spencer's  Regiment,"  Conti 
nental  Army,  February  8th,  1777;  Lieutenant,  ditto,  September 
i6th,  1777. 

Oliver,  William.     Lieutenant,  Continental  Army. 

Orr,  John.  Lieutenant,  "  Spencer's  Regiment,"  Conti 
nental  Army,  October  loth,  1778;  discharged  at  the  close  of 
the  war. 

*  Osmun,  Benajah.  (Original  member.)  Second  Lieu 
tenant  and  Quartermaster,  Second  Battalion,  Second  Establish 
ment,  January  ist,  1777;  resigned;  Ensign,  Second  Regiment, 
to  date  September  I2th,  1778;  prisoner  of  war,  April  25th, 
1780;  Lieutenant,  ditto,  January  ist,  1781;  discharged  at  the 
close  of  the  war ;  Captain  by  brevet. 

Parkinson,  Henry.     Lieutenant,  Continental  Army. 


28  LIEUTENANTS 

Parrit,  Silas.  Second  Lieutenant,  First  Battalion,  Second 
Establishment,  January  4th,  1778;  Ensign,  First  Regiment; 
Lieutenant,  ditto,  November  27th,  1780;  discharged  at  the  close 
of  the  war. 

Patterson, .  Lieutenant,  "  Forman's  Regiment,"  Con 
tinental  Army. 

Paul,  James.  Private,  Second  Battalion,  Second  Estab 
lishment ;  Ensign,  ditto,  July  ist,  1777;  prisoner  of  war,  April 
3d,  1779;  Ensign,  Second  Regiment;  Lieutenant,  ditto,  to  date 
April  1 6th,  1780;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war. 

*  Peck,  John.       (Original   member.)      Paymaster,  Second 
Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  April  2cl,  1778;  Paymaster, 
Second  Regiment ;  resigned  as  Paymaster,  and  commissioned 
Lieutenant,  ditto,  January  ist,   1781  ;  discharged  at  the  close 
of  the  war;  Captain  by  brevet;  also  Captain,  militia. 

Reckless,  Anthony.  (Original  member.)  Lieutenant, 
"  Regiment  Sappers  and  Miners,"  Continental  Army ;  dis 
charged  at  the  close  of  the  war. 

Reed,  John.  Ensign,  First  Battalion,  Second  Establish 
ment ;  Lieutenant,  Third  Regiment,  to  date  February  ist,  1779; 
Lieutenant,  First  Regiment;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the 
war;  Captain  by  brevet. 

*  Rhea,  Jonathan.     (Original  member.)     Ensign,  Captain 
Anderson's  company,  Second  Battalion,  Second  Establishment, 
January  ist,  1777;  Second  Lieutenant,  ditto,  April  ist,  1778; 
Ensign,  Second  Regiment;  Lieutenant,  ditto,  January  ist,  1781  ; 
Captain  by  brevet. 

*  Ruecastle,   John.     (Original   member.)     Private,   Third 
Battalion,   First  Establishment;  Private,  Captain   Patterson's 
company,    Third    Battalion,    Second    Establishment;    Second 
Lieutenant,  Third  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November 
ist,  1777;  Ensign,  Third  Regiment;  Lieutenant,  ditto,  to  date 
April  7th.   1779;   Lieutenant,   First   Regiment;  discharged   at 
the  close  of  the  war;  Captain  by  brevet. 

Rtitan,  Peter.  Lieutenant,  "  Livingston's  Regiment,"  Con 
tinental  Army. 

*  Seeley,  Samuel.     (Original  member.)     Second  Lieuten- 


LIEUTENANTS  29 

ant,  First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  October  4th,  1777; 
First  Lieutenant,  ditto,  March  nth,  1780;  Ensign,  First  Regi 
ment;  Lieutenant,  ditto,  to  date  March  nth,  1780;  discharged 
at  the  close  of  the  war ;  Captain  by  brevet. 

Shreve,  John.  Ensign,  Captain  Brearley's  company,  Sec 
ond  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  July  25th,  1776;  Ensign, 
Captain  Lawrie's  company,  Second  Battalion,  Second  Estab 
lishment,  November  29th,  1776;  Ensign,  Captain  Hollinshead's 
company,  ditto,  February  5th,  1777;  Second  Lieutenant,  ditto, 
November  ist,  1777;  Ensign,  Second  Regiment;  Lieutenant, 
ditto,  to  date  February  3d,  1779;  resigned. 

*  Shute.   Samuel.     (Original  member.)     Ensign,   Captain 
Dillon's  company,  Second  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  Au 
gust  26th,  1776;  Ensign,  Captain  Shute's  company,  Second  Bat 
talion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  Ensign, 
Captain  Cumming's  company,  ditto,  February  5th,  1777;  Sec 
ond  Lieutenant,  ditto,  January  ist,  1778;  Ensign,  Second  Regi 
ment;  Lieutenant,  ditto,  to  date  April  8th,  1780;  discharged  at 
the  close  of  the  war;  Captain  by  brevet. 

Sitcher,  William.  Lieutenant,  "  Spencer's  Regiment," 
Continental  Army. 

Smith,  Hiram.  Private,  Continental  Army;  Serjeant, 
ditto ;  Lieutenant,  ditto. 

t  Snowden,  Jonathan.  (Original  member.)  Second  Lieu 
tenant,  First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  April  26th, 
1777;  First  Lieutenant,  ditto,  October  26th,  1779;  Ensign,  First 
Regiment ;  Lieutenant,  ditto ;  Aid-de-Camp  to  Brigadier  Gen 
eral  Edward  Hand,  of  Pennsylvania ;  Lieutenant,  commanding 
company,  "  Lee's  Legion,"  Continental  Army ;  discharged  at 
the  close  of  the  war. 

*  Stout,  Abraham.     (Original  member.)     Serjeant,  Third 
Battalion,  First  Establishment,  February  7th,   1776;  Ensign, 
ditto,  October  29th,  1776;  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Stout's 
company,  Second  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November 
29th,   1776;  Ensign,  Second  Regiment;   Lieutenant,  ditto,  to 
date  December  ist,  1777;  prisoner  of  war,  April  5th,  1778;  ex- 


30  LIEUTENANTS,  FIRST  LIEUTENANTS 

changed  December  3d,  1780;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the 
war;  Captain  by  brevet. 

*  Stout,  Wessel   T.     (Original   member.)     Second   Lieu 
tenant,   Fourth   Battalion,   Second   Establishment,   November 
ist,  1777;  transferred  to  Third  Battalion;  Ensign,  Third  Regi 
ment;   Lieutenant,   ditto,  May   I2th,   1782;   Lieutenant,   First 
Regiment;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war;  Captain  by 
brevet. 

Taulman,  Peter.  Lieutenant,  "  Spencer's  Regiment,"  Con 
tinental  Army. 

Van  Cleaf,  William.  Serjeant,  "  Service  in  Canada,"  1775  ; 
Lieutenant,  September,  1777;  also  Captain,  militia. 

Van  Dyke,  John.  Second  Lieutenant,  Eastern  Company 
Artillery,  State  Troops,  March  ist,  1776;  First  Lieutenant, 
ditto,  December  4th,  1776;  Captain-Lieutenant,  ditto.  Offi 
cers  of  this  artillery  served  in  General  Knox's  brigade  of  artil 
lery  during  the  war. 

*  Walker,  George.     (Original  member.)     Served  as  Cap 
tain  in  Second  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  as  a  volun 
teer  without  pay;  Ensign,  Second  Regiment,  September  26th, 
1780;  Lieutenant,  ditto,  January  ist,  1781;  discharged  at  the 
close  of  the  war;  Captain  by  brevet. 

Wilkison,  Nathan.  Serjeant,  Captain  Dickerson's  com 
pany,  Third  Battalion,  First  Establishment;  Serjeant,  ditto, 
Third  Battalion,  Second  Establishment;  Second  Lieutenant 
and  Quartermaster,  ditto,  November  ist,  1777;  Ensign,  Third 
Regiment;  Lieutenant,  ditto,  to  date  March  7th,  1780;  Lieuten 
ant,  First  Regiment ;  resigned. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANTS. 

Bostwick,  William.  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Gordon's 
company,  Third  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November 
29th.  1776;  retired  September  26th,  1780. 

Bowen,  Seth.  (Original  member.)  Second  Lieutenant, 
Captain  Howell's  company,  Second  Battalion,  First  Establish 
ment,  November  2Qth,  1775;  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Yard's 


FIRST  LIEUTENANTS  31 

company,  Second  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November 
29th,  1776;  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Lawrie's  company,  ditto, 
February  5th,  1777;  declined;  also  Captain-Lieutenant, 
militia  (Western  Company  of  Artillery). 

Carnes,  Zophar.  First  Lieutenant,  Fourth  Battalion, 
Second  Establishment,  November  28th,  1776;  First  Lieuten 
ant,  Captain  Wade's  company,  ditto,  February  I7th,  1777; 
retired  September  26th,  1780;  also  Captain,  militia. 

Clark,  William.  Ensign,  Captain  Ross'  company,  Third 
Battalion,  First  Establishment;  Second  Lieutenant,  ditto, 
October  29th,  1776;  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Ross'  com 
pany,  Third  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th, 
1776;  First  Lieutenant,  ditto,  January  ist,  1777;  wounded  at 
the  battle  of  Germantown,  October  4th,  1777;  discharged — 
wounds. 

Costigin,  Lewis  J.  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Conway's 
company,  First  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  November 
2ist,  1775;  retired  September  I7th,  1776;  First  Lieutenant, 
Captain  Baldwin's  company,  First  Battalion,  Second  Estab 
lishment,  November  3Oth,  1776;  prisoner  of  war,  November 
I3th,  1776;  exchanged  December  i8th,  1778;  retired  Septem 
ber  26th,  1780. 

Curtis,  Marmaduke.  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Rose- 
crantz's  company,  Third  Battalion,  Second  Establishment, 
November  29th,  1776;  retired  September  26th,  1780;  also  Cap 
tain,  militia. 

Duclos,  Francis.  Ensign,  Captain  Scott's  company,  Sec 
ond  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  December  9th,  1775 ;  taken 
prisoner  at  Three  Rivers,  June  8th,  1776;  Second  Lieutenant, 
Third  Battalion,  First  Establishment;  First  Lieutenant,  Sec 
ond  Battalion,  Second  Establishment;  retired  September  26th, 
1780. 

Dunham,  Stephen.  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Dicker- 
son's  company,  Third  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  Febru 
ary  7th,  1776;  resigned;  Ensign,  Captain  Baldwin's  company, 
First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776; 
retired  September  26th,  1780. 


32  FIRST  LIEUTENANTS 

Edsall,  Richard.  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Forman's 
company,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  February 
I7th,  1777;  retired  September  26th,  1780;  also  Captain,  militia. 

Fisher,  Hendrick.  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Daniel 
Piatt's  company,  First  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  Decem 
ber  i6th,  1775 ;  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Piatt's  company, 
First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  2Qth,  1776; 
retired  September  i6th,  1780. 

Ford,  Mahlon.  (Original  member.)  Second  Lieutenant, 
Third  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  28th,  1777; 
First  Lieutenant,  ditto;  retired  September  26th,  1780;  Captain 
by  brevet. 

Fries,  Henry.  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Shute's  com 
pany,  Second  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  November  28th, 
1775 ;  missing  in  action  at  Three  Rivers,  June  8th,  1776. 

Harker,  .  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Lyon's  com 
pany,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Establishment;  resigned 
September  26th,  1780. 

Harrison,  Isaac.  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Gifford's 
company,  Third  Battalion,  Second  Establishment. 

Kemper,  Jacob.  Ensign,  Captain  Howell's  company, 
First  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  April  ist,  1776;  dis 
charged  with  battalion ;  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Winslow's 
company,  "  Stevens'  Regiment  of  Artillery, "  Continental 
Army,  November  pth,  1776. 

Little,  Theodore.     First  Lieutenant,  Continental  Army. 

Martin,  John.  First  Lieutenant,  Fourth  Battalion,  Sec 
ond  Establishment,  November  28th,  1776;  First  Lieutenant, 
Captain  Bond's  company,  ditto,  February  I7th,  1777;  re 
tired  September  26th,  1780;  also  First  Lieutenant,  militia. 

Norcross,  William.  Ensign,  Captain  Bloomfield's  com 
pany,  Third  Battalion,  First  Establishment;  Quartermaster, 
ditto,  February  loth,  1776;  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain 
Mott's  company,  Third  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  No 
vember  29th,  1776;  First  Lieutenant,  ditto;  retired  September 
26th,  1780. 

Parrot,  William.    Ensign,  Captain  Shute's  company,  Sec- 


FIRST  LIEUTENANTS  33 

ond  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  November  28th,  1775 ; 
Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Shaw's  company,  Second  Bat 
talion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  First 
Lieutenant,  Captain  Stout's  company,  ditto,  February  5th, 
1777;  retired  September  26th,  1780. 

Patterson,  Edward.  Ensign,  Captain  Patterson's  com 
pany,  Third  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  February  7th, 
1776;  Second  Lieutenant,  ditto,  October  29th,  1776;  Second 
Lieutenant,  Captain  Patterson's  company,  Third  Battalion, 
Second  Establishment;  First  Lieutenant,  ditto. 

Reading,  John.  Ensign,  Captain  Reading's  company, 
Third  Battalion,  First  Establishment;  Second  Lieutenant, 
Captain  Doughty 's  company,  Third  Battalion,  Second  Estab 
lishment ;  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Cox's  company,  ditto, 
January  ist,  1777;  retired  September  26th,  1780. 

Schenck,  Curtenius.  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Long- 
street's  company,  First  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  De 
cember  1 6th,  1775;  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  M'Mires'  com 
pany,  First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th, 
1776;  retired  September  26th,  1780. 

Smith,  Jeremiah.  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Shute's 
company,  Second  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  November 
28th,  1775;  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Dillon's  company,  Sec 
ond  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776; 
First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Hollinshead's  company,  ditto,  Feb 
ruary  5th,  1777;  retired  September  26th,  1780. 

*  Thomas,  Edmund  D.  (Original  member.)  Private, 
Captain  Bloomfield's  company,  Third  Battalion,  First  Estab 
lishment;  cadet,  ditto;  Ensign,  Captain  Dickerson's  company, 
ditto,  July  i gth,  1776;  Ensign,  Captain  Dickerson's  company, 
Third  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th, 
1776;  First  Lieutenant,  ditto,  November  nth,  1777;  Lieuten 
ant,  Third  Regiment;  Captain  by  brevet;  discharged  at  the 
close  of  the  war. 

Tuttle,  David.  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Dickerson's 
company,  Third  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  February 
7th,  1776;  First  Lieutenant,  ditto;  discharged  with  battalion. 


34  SECOND  LIEUTENANTS 

SECOND  LIEUTENANTS. 

Axford,  Samuel.  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Polhemus' 
company,  First  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  November 
22d,  1775. 

Brackenridge,  Samuel.  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain 
Bond's  company,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Establishment, 
February  I7th,  1777;  retired  September  26th,  1780. 

Brewer,  Jonathan.  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Dicker- 
son's  company,  Third  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  No 
vember  29th,  1776;  retired  September  26th,  1780. 

Brown,  Daniel.  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Morns' 
company,  First  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  November 
8th,  1775. 

Clark,  Aaron.  Second  Lieutenant,  Eastern  Company  of 
Artillery,  State  Troops ;  Captain,  Company  of  Artillery,  Essex. 
Officers  of  this  artillery  served  in  General  Knox's  brigade  of 
artillery  during  the  war. 

Cook,  George.  Second  Lieutenant,  Fourth  Battalion, 
Second  Establishment,  November  28th,  1776;  retired. 

Costigin,  Francis.  Ensign,  Captain  Conway's  com 
pany,  First  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  November  21  st, 
1775;  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  M'Mires'  company,  First 
Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  retired 
September  26th,  1780. 

Day,  Aaron.  Ensign,  Captain  Cox's  company,  Third 
Battalion,  Second  Establishment;  Second  Lieutenant,  ditto, 
January  ist,  1777;  retired  September  26th,  1780. 

Gaulidet,  Edgar.  Ensign,  Captain  Imlay's  company, 
Third  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  February  7th,  1776; 
Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Gifford's  company,  Third  Bat 
talion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  retired 
September  26th,  1780. 

Hackett,  Samuel.  Ensign,  Captain  Doughty's  company, 
Third  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th, 
1776;  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Cox's  company,  ditto;  re 
tired  September  26th,  1780. 


SECOND  LIEUTENANTS  35 

Holmes,  Elisha.  Second  Lieutenant,  Fourth  Battalion, 
Second  Establishment,  November  28th,  1776;  Second  Lieu 
tenant,  Captain  Holmes'  company,  ditto,  February  I7th,  1777; 
retired  September  26th,  1780. 

Johnson,  Richard.  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Howell's 
company,  First  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  November 
I4th,  1775. 

t  Kinney,  John.  (Original  member.)  Ensign,  Captain 
Potter's  company,  Third  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  July 
1 9th,  1776;  Ensign,  Captain  Patterson's  company,  Third  Bat 
talion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  Second 
Lieutenant,  ditto;  retired  September  26th,  1780;  Captain  by 
brevet. 

Lane,  Abraham.  Ensign,  Captain  Longstreet's  com 
pany,  First  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  December  i6th, 
1775;  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Baldwin's  company,  First 
Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  retired 
September  26th,  1780. 

Lawrence,  Benjamin.  Second  Lieutenant,  Fourth  Bat 
talion,  Second  Establishment,  November  28th,  1776;  Second 
Lieutenant,  Captain  Pearson's  company,  ditto,  February  I7th, 
1777;  retired  September  26th,  1780. 

*  Pennington,  William   S.        (Original   member.)        Ser 
jeant,    "Lamb's    Artillery."        (Second   Regiment  Artillery), 
Continental  Army,  March  7th,  1777;  Second  Lieutenant,  ditto, 
September  I2th,  1778;  Captain  by  brevet. 

Pierson,  Daniel.  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Imlay's 
company,  Third  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  February 
7th,  1776;  discharged  with  battalion. 

Pipes,  John.  First  Lieutenant,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second 
Establishment,  November  28th,  1776;  Second  Lieutenant,  Cap 
tain  Wade's  company,  ditto,  February  I7th,  1777;  retired  Sep 
tember  26th,  1780;  also  First  Lieutenant,  militia. 

Quimby,  Josiah.  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Potter's 
company,  Third  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  February  7th, 
1776;  discharged  with  battalion. 

*  Reed,  John.        (Original    member.)        Ensign,   Captain 


36  SECOND  LIEUTENANTS 

Lyon's  company,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Establishment, 
February  i/th,  1777;  Second  Lieutenant,  ditto,  October  3d, 
1777;  retired  September  26th,  1780. 

Reynolds,  George.  Ensign,  Captain  Shaw's  company, 
Second  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  December  25th,  1775; 
Ensign,  Captain  Brearley's  company,  Second  Battalion,  Sec 
ond  Establishment,  November  2Qth,  1776;  Second  Lieutenant, 
Captain  Luce's  company,  ditto,  February  5th,  1777;  retired 
September  26th,  1780;  also  Captain,  militia. 

Ross,  George.  Ensign,  Captain  Meeker's  Company, 
First  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  December  loth,  1775; 
Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Anderson's  company,  Second  Bat 
talion,  Second  Establishment;  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain 
Reading's  company,  ditto,  February  5th,  1777;  retired  Septem 
ber  26th,  1780. 

Ryerson,  Thomas.  Ensign,  Captain  Brearley's  company, 
Second  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  November  2Oth,  1775 ; 
Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Scott's  company,  ditto,  July  i8th, 
1776;  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Shute's  company,  Second 
Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  pris 
oner  of  war;  retired  February  5th,  1777. 

Shinn,  Buddie.  Quartermaster,  Second  Battalion,  First 
Establishment,  November  27th,  1775;  declined;  Second  Lieu 
tenant,  Captain  Rosecrantz's  company,  Third  Battalion,  Sec 
ond  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  retired  September 
26th,  1780. 

Sickles,  Thomas.  Ensign,  Captain  Polhemus'  company, 
First  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  November  22d,  1775 ; 
Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Piatt's  company,  First  Battalion, 
Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  retired  Septem 
ber  26th,  1780. 

Woodruff,  Lewis.  Second  Lieutenant,  Fourth  Battalion, 
Second  Establishment,  November  28th,  1776;  retired  February 
1 7th,  1777. 

Wright,  Nathan.  Second  Lieutenant,  Fourth  Battalion, 
Second  Establishment;  retired. 


ENSIGNS  37 

ENSIGNS. 

Anderson,  William.  Ensign,  Captain  Bond's  company, 
Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  February  I7th, 
1777;  Ensign,  First  Regiment,  June  2ist,  1781;  discharged  at 
the  close  of  the  war. 

Axtell,  Ebenezer.  Ensign,  Captain  Conway's  company, 
First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776; 
retired  September  26th,  1780. 

Bank  son,  Andrew.  Ensign,  Captain  Lawrie's  company, 
Second  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  September  5th,  1776; 
Ensign,  Captain  Stout's  company,  Second  Battalion,  Second 
Establishment,  November  2Qth,  1776;  retired  February  5th, 
1777. 

Beatty,  .  Ensign,  Captain  Pearson's  company, 

Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  February  I7th,  1777; 
retired  September  26th,  1780. 

*  Bishop,  John.        (Original   member.)        Serjeant,   First 
Battalion,  Second  Establishment;  Ensign,  ditto,  February  ist, 
1779;  Ensign,  First  Regiment;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the 
war. 

Bowne,  Peter.  Serjeant,  Captain  Kinsey's  company, 
Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Establishment ;  Ensign,  Captain 
Holmes'  company,  ditto,  February  I7th,  1777;  retired  Septem 
ber  26th,  1780. 

*  Brooks,  Almerin.     (Original   member.)     Serjeant,   Sec 
ond    Battalion,   Second   Establishment,   June   9th,    1777;    En 
sign,  ditto,  June  I7th,  1780;  Ensign,  Second  Regiment;   dis 
charged  at  the  close  of  the  war. 

Brown,  David.  Ensign,  Second  Battalion,  Second  Estab 
lishment,  March  nth,  1777;  retired  September  26th,  1780. 

Carter,  William.  Ensign,  Captain  Anderson's  company, 
Second  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th, 
1776;  retired  February  5th,  1777. 

Catarich,  William.  Ensign,  Captain  GifTord's  company, 
Third  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th, 
1776;  retired  September  26th,  1780. 


38  ENSIGNS 

Clunn,  Matthew.  Ensign,  Captain  Yard's*  company, 
Second  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  February  5th,  1777; 
retired  September  26th,  1780. 

Cottnam,  George.  Ensign,  Third  Battalion,  First  Estab 
lishment,  February  29th,  1776;  discharged  with  battalion. 

Dare,  David.  Serjeant,  Captain  Bloomfield's  company, 
Third  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  February  7th,  1776; 
Ensign,  Captain  Gordon's  company,  Third  Battalion,  Second 
Establishment,  November  2Qth,  1776;  retired  September  26th, 
1780. 

Dennis,  Ezekiel.  Ensign,  Captain  Rosecrantz's  company, 
Third  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776; 
retired  September  26th,  1780. 

Ewing,  George.     Ensign,  Continental  Army. 

*  Faulkner,  Peter.     (Original  member.)     Private,  "  Lee's 
Legion,"    Continental    Army;     Corporal,     ditto,     April     6th, 
1778;  Serjeant,  ditto,  January  ist,  1779;  Ensign,  Second  Regi 
ment,  to  date  June  I7th,  1780;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the 
war. 

Fithian,  Glover.  Ensign,  Captain  Longstreet's  company, 
First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776; 
retired  September  26th,  1780. 

Geary,  John.  Private,  First  Battalion,  Second  Estab 
lishment,  September  ist,  1777;  Ensign,  ditto,  February  ist, 
1779;  Ensign,  First  Regiment;  resigned  March  28th,  1783. 

Harbert,  Thomas.  Ensign,  Captain  Piatt's  company,  First 
Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  re 
tired  September  26th,  1780. 

<*  Hopper,  John.  (Original  member.)  Ensign,  Second 
Regiment,  June  2ist,  1781 ;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war. 

Howell,  James.  Ensign,  Captain  Yard's  company,  Sec 
ond  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776; 
retired  February  5th,  1777. 

*  Hyer,  Jacob,  Jr.     (Original  member.)     Ensign,  Second 
Regiment,  June  27th,  1781  ;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war. 

Kerr,   William.     Ensign,    Fourth    Battalion,    Second    Es- 


ENSIGNS  39 

tablishment,  November  28th,  1776;  retired  February  I7th, 
1777;  also  Ensign,  militia. 

Kinney,  Thomas.  Private,  Third  Battalion,  First  Estab 
lishment;  Ensign,  ditto,  July  iQth,  1776;  discharged  with  bat 
talion. 

Ludlam,  Jacob.  Ensign,  Captain  M'Mires'  company,  First 
Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  re 
tired  September  26th,  1780. 

*  Luce,   Francis.      (Original   member.)      Private,    Second 
Battalion,  Second  Establishment;  Ensign,  Second  Regiment, 
to  date  June  I7th,  1780;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war. 

Morris,  Jonathan  F.  Ensign,  Captain  Morris'  company, 
First  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  September  I4th,  1776. 

Phillips,  John.  Ensign,  Captain  Stout's  company,  Second 
Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  February  5th,  1777;  retired 
September  26th,  1780. 

Reed,  John.  (Original  member.)  Serjeant,  "  Spencer's 
Regiment,"  Continental  Army,  February  1st,  1777;  Ensign, 
ditto,  May  I2th,  1779;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war. 

Reeves,  John.  Corporal,  Captain  Bloomfield's  company, 
Third  Battalion,  First  Establishment;  Serjeant,  ditto;  Ensign, 
Captain  Shaw's  company,  Second  Battalion,  Second  Estab 
lishment,  November  29th,  1776;  retired  February  5th,  1777. 

Rue,  Lewis.  Serjeant,  Captain  Lawrie's  company,  Sec 
ond  Battalion,  First  Establishment ;  Ensign,  Captain  Reading's 
company,  Second  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  February 
5th,  1777;  retired  September  26th,  1780. 

Salmon,  Nathaniel.  Ensign,  Captain  Luce's  company, 
Second  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  February  5th,  1777; 
retired  September  26th,  1780. 

Scobey,  James.  Private,  Third  Battalion,  Second  Estab 
lishment;  Ensign,  ditto. 

Smith,  Thomas.  Ensign,  Captain  Dillon's  company,  Sec 
ond  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776; 
retired  February  5th,  1777. 

*  Sprowls,   Moses.     (Original   member.)     Private,  Third 
Battalion,   First   Establishment;  private,  Captain   Patterson's 


40  ENSIGNS 

company,  Third  Battalion,  Second  Establishment ;  private, 
First  Regiment;  Serjeant,  Third  Regiment;  Quartermaster 
Serjeant,  ditto;  Ensign,  Second  Regiment,  June  2ist,  1781; 
Ensign,  First  Regiment;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war. 

Stewart,  .  Ensign,  Captain  Kinsey's  company, 

Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Establishment;  retired  September 
26th,  1780. 

*  Suydam,  Cornelius  R.  (Original  member.)  Ensign, 
First  Regiment,  May  3Oth,  1782;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the 
war. 

Thompson,  Andrew.  Serjeant,  Captain  M'Mires'  com 
pany,  First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment ;  Ensign,  "  Spen 
cer's  Regiment,"  Continental  Army;  also  private,  militia. 

*Tuttle,  William.  (Original  member.)  Private,  Third 
Battalion,  Second  Establishment;  Serjeant,  ditto,  February 
ist,  1779;  Serjeant,  Captain  Anderson's  company,  Third  Regi 
ment;  Ensign,  First  Regiment,  June  2ist,  1781;  discharged  at 
the  close  of  the  war. 

Van  Cleve,  William.  Ensign,  Captain  Mott's  company, 
Third  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  2Qth,  1776; 
retired  September  26th,  1780. 

Vanderventer,  Peter.  Ensign,  Captain  Polhemus'  com 
pany,  First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th, 
1776;  retired  September  26th,  1780. 

Wood,  Clement.  Ensign,  Captain  Wade's  company, 
Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  February  I7th, 
1777;  retired  September  26th,  1780. 

NOTE. — Men  were  enlisted  for  a  stated  period.  Officers  were  nominated  by  the 
Provincial  Congress  and  appointed  by  the  Continental  Congress.  Some  declined,  some 
resigned,  some  were  discharged  with  the  troops,  some  were  retired,  but  the  great  ma 
jority  continued  to  the  end  of  the  war. 

*  Signed  order  of  September  23,  1783,  on  John  Pierce,  Esquire,  Paymaster-General 
to  the  Army  of  the  United  States. 

f  No  record  of  the  deposit  of  the  month's  pay. 

$  Never  deposited  the  month's  pay. 

The  one  month's  pay  of  Ichabod"  Burnet  deposited  by  William  Burnet,  Jr.,  July, 
1793. 

The  one  month's  pay  of  Daniel  Baldwin  remitted  by  resolution  of  the  Society  on 
account  of  his  serious  wounds  and  his  financial  condition. 

||  Signed  the  copy  of  the  Institution  of  the  Cincinnati  headed  by  the  signature  of 
\Vashington,  written  on  parchment  and  now  in  possession  of  the  General  Society. 

§  Signed  Counterpart  of  the  Institution  mentioned  above,  and  in  possession  of  the 
General  Society. 


Roster  of  the  New  Jersey  Officers  of  the 
Continental  Line,  Army  of  the  Revo 
lution,  Who  Died  in  the  Service,  or 
Before  the  Society  Was  Organized 


MAJOR  GENERALS. 

Alexander,  William  (Lord  Stirling).  Colonel,  First  Bat 
talion,  First  Establishment,  November  7th,  1775 ;  Brigadier 
General,  Continental  Army,  March  nth,  1776;  Major  General, 
Continental  Army,  February  I9th,  1777;  died  of  gout,  at 
Albany,  New  York,  January  I5th,  1783,  while  in  command  of 
the  Northern  Department;  taken  prisoner  at  Bushwick,  Long 
Island,  August  27th,  1776;  commanded  a  division  of  the  Conti 
nental  Army  at  the  battle  of  Brandywine,  corps  de  reserve  at 
Germantown,  and  left  wing  of  the  army  at  Monmouth;  twice 
received  the  thanks  of  Congress  (January  29th,  1776,  and  Sep 
tember  24th,  1779)  for  conspicuous  services;  death  announced 
in  Congress,  January  28th,  1783. 

LIEUTENANT  COLONELS. 

Barber,  Francis.  Major,  Third  Battalion,  First  Establish 
ment,  February  Qth,  1776;  Lieutenant  Colonel,  Third  Bat 
talion,  Second  Establishment,  November  28th,  1776;  Lieuten 
ant  Colonel,  Third  Regiment,  to  date  January  ist,  1777;  Lieu 
tenant  Colonel  Commandant,  ditto,  January  6th,  1783 ;  killed 
by  a  falling  tree,  in  camp,  at  New  Windsor,  New  York,  Febru 
ary  nth,  1783;  was  sub-Inspector  General,  staff  of  General 


42  MAJORS,  ADJUTANTS,  SURGEONS 

Steuben,  April  1st,  1778;  Adjutant  General  to  Major  General 
Lord  Stirling;  Adjutant  General  to  General  Sullivan;  Deputy 
Adjutant  to  Major  General  Nathaniel  Greene ;  severely 
wounded  at  the  battle  of  Monmouth ;  wounded  at  the  battle  of 
Newtown,  and  again  at  the  siege  of  Yorktown. 

MAJORS. 

D'Hart,  Maurice.  Major  and  Aid-de-Camp  fo  Major 
General  William  Irvine ;  Major  and  Aid-de-Camp  to  Brigadier 
General  Anthony  Wayne;  killed  at  Fort  Lee,  New  Jersey. 

Morris,  Joseph.  Captain,  First  Battalion,  First  Estab 
lishment,  November  8th,  1775 ;  Captain,  First  Battalion,  Sec 
ond  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  Major,  ditto;  se 
verely  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Germantown,  October  4th, 
1777;  and  died  January  7th,  1778. 

Piatt,  Daniel.  Captain,  First  Battalion,  First  Establish 
ment,  December  i6th,  1775 ;  Captain,  First  Battalion,  Second 
Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  Major,  First  Regiment, 
to  date  January  4th,  1778;  died  of  disease  at  camp  near  Mor- 
ristown,  April  i6th,  1780. 

Witherspoon,  James.  Brigade  Major,  with  rank  of  Major, 
staff  of  Brigadier  General  William  Maxwell ;  killed  by  can 
non  shot,  in  the  streets  of  Germantown,  October  4th,  1777. 

ADJUTANTS. 

Clough,  Alexander.  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  M'Mires' 
company,  First  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  December 
I5th,  1775;  Adjutant,  First  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  to 
date  December  I5th,  1775;  Adjutant,  First  Battalion,  Second 
Establishment,  November  28th,  1776;  died  in  service,  Decem 
ber,  1778. 

SURGEONS. 

Horton,  Jonathan.  Surgeon  in  General  Hospital ;  died 
March,  1780;  also  Surgeon,  militia. 

Howell,  Lewis.  Surgeon,  Second  Battalion,  Second  Es 
tablishment,  November  28th,  1776;  resigned  July  5th,  1778. 
(New  Jersey  Cincinnati  record.  Died  June  29th,  1778.) 


CHAPLAINS,  CAPTAINS  43 

CHAPLAINS. 

Caldwell,  James.  Chaplain,  Third  Battalion,  First  Es 
tablishment,  February  9th,  1776;  discharged  with  battalion; 
afterwards  Deputy  Quartermaster  and  Assistant  Commissary 
General,  Continental  Army.  (See  Assistant  Quartermaster 
Generals,  militia.)  Murdered  at  Elizabethport,  New  Jersey, 
November  24th,  1781. 

CAPTAINS. 

Anderson,  Ephraim.  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Stout's 
company,  Second  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  December 
i8th,  1775;  Adjutant,  ditto;  Captain,  Second  Battalion,  Second 
Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  died  in  service;  also 
Major,  militia. 

Dallas,  Archibald.  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Meeker's 
company,  First  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  December  9, 
1775>  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Howell's  company,  First 
Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  Cap 
tain,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Establishment;  Captain, 
"  Spencer's  Regiment,"  Continental  Army ;  killed  in  action, 
January  28th,  1779;  also  Captain,  militia. 

Faulkner,  William.  Captain,  Second  Battalion,  First 
Establishment,  November  I3th,  1775;  died  April  25th,  1776. 

Lawrie,  James.  Captain,  Second  Battalion,  First  Estab 
lishment,  November  27th,  1775;  Captain,  Second  Battalion, 
Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  taken  prisoner; 
died  while  prisoner  of  war. 

M'Mires,  Andrew.  Captain,  First  Battalion,  First  Estab 
lishment,  December  151)1,  1775;  Captain,  First  Battalion,  Sec 
ond  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  killed  at  the  battle 
of  Germantown,  October  4th,  1777. 

Neil,  Daniel.  Captain-Lieutenant,  Eastern  Company  of 
Artillery,  State  Troops,  March  ist,  1776;  Captain,  ditto;  killed 
at  the  battle  of  Princeton,  January  3d,  1777.  Officers  of  this 
Artillery  served  in  General  Knox's  brigade  of  artillery  during 
the  war. 


44  CAPTAINS,  LIEUTENANTS 

Scott,  John  B.  Captain,  Second  Battalion,  First  Estab 
lishment,  December  9th,  1775;  died  in  service. 

Stout,.  Joseph.  Captain,  Second  Battalion,  First  Estab 
lishment,  December  igth,  1775;  Captain,  Second  Battalion, 
Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  killed  at  the  bat 
tle  of  Brandywine,  September  nth,  1777. 

Voorhies,  Peter  V.  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Conway's 
company,  First  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  November 
29th,  1775;  First  Lieutenant,  ditto,  September  i8th,  1776;  First 
Lieutenant,  Captain  Longstreet's  company,  First  Battalion, 
Second  Establishment,  November  29th,  1776;  Captain,  ditto, 
November  ist,  1777;  Captain,  First  Regiment;  taken  prisoner 
and  murdered  by  Tories,  near  New  Brunswick,  October  26th, 
1779. 

LIEUTENANTS. 

Hays,  Thomas.  Lieutenant,  Continental  Army;  died  in 
service;  also  Lieutenant,  militia. 

Hurley,  James.  Lieutenant,  Continental  Army ;  died  in 
service. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANTS. 

Jenkins,  Nathaniel.  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Cum- 
ming's  company,  Second  Battalion,  Second  Establishment, 
February  5th,  1777;  First  Lieutenant,  ditto,  January  ist,  1778; 
Ensign,  Second  Regiment;  died  April  5th,  1779. 

Peck,  Constant.  First  Lieutenant,  Third  Battalion,  First 
Establishment,  February  24th,  1776;  died  April  9th,  1776. 

SECOND   LIEUTENANTS. 

Ashman,  James.  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Lawrie's 
company,  Second  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  November 
27th,  1775;  died  September  nth,  1776. 

Higgins,  John.  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Scott's  com 
pany,  Second  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  December  9th, 
1775;  died  July  I2th,  1776. 


ENSIGNS  45 

ENSIGNS. 

Hurley,  Martin.  Private,  Captain  M'Mires'  company, 
First  Battalion,  First  Establishment;  Serjeant,  ditto,  Decem 
ber  25th,  1775;  Ensign,  First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment; 
killed  at  the  battle  of  Germantown,  October  4th,  1777. 

McFarland,  George.  Ensign,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second 
Establishment,  November  28th,  1776;  died  December,  1776; 
also  Ensign,  militia. 

Ogden,  Moses.  Private,  "  Spencer's  Regiment,"  Conti 
nental  Army;  Serjeant,  ditto,  October  ist,  1777;  Ensign,  ditto, 
May  i2th,  1779;  killed. 

Rodgers,  James.  Serjeant,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Es 
tablishment,  March  ist,  1777;  Ensign,  Third  Regiment,  to 
date  February  ist,  1779;  killed  in  action  at  Springfield,  New 
Jersey,  August  24th,  1780. 

Sprowls,  James.  Ensign,  Captain  Bond's  company.  Fourth 
Battalion,  Second  Establishment ;  died  June  26th,  1777. 


Copy  of  Warrant  Signed  at  Princeton,   N.  J.,  September 

23rd,   1783 

To  John  Pierce,  Esqr., 

Pay  Master  Genl,  to  the  Army  of  the  U,  States. 
SIR: — 

Please  to  pay  Major  Rich,d  Cox,  Treasurer  of  the  N.  J.  State  Asso 
ciation  of  the  Cincinnati,  or  his  order  one  months  pay  of  our  several 
grades  respectively,  and  deduct  the  same  from  the  ballance  which  shall 
be  found  due  us  at  the  final  liquidation  of  our  accounts,  for  which  this 
shall  be  your  warrant. 


Elias  Dayton,  B,  Genl 

Rich,d  Cox  Major 

Alex.r  Mitchell  Capt. 

John  Holmes  Capt, 

Samuel  Hendry  Capt 

Jonathan  Dayton  Capt 

Aaron  Ogdon  Capt 

Able  Weyman  Capt 

Jeremiah  Ballard  Capt 

Jonathan  Holmes  Capt 

Nath,l  Leonard  Capt 

Cyrus  D.  Hart  Capt 

Ebenr  Elmer  Surgeon 

Jacob  Harris  Surgeon 

Moses  G.  Elmer  Surg,n  Mate 

Wm    Pennington    Lieut   2nd    Reg,t 

Artillery 

Luther  Halsey  Lieut 
Ab,m  Appleton  Lieut 
Edmund  D.  Thomas  Lieut 
Benajah  Osman  Lieut 
Joseph  Buck  Lieut 
Sam.l  M.  Shute  Lt. 
Sam.l  Seely  Lt. 
Sam.l  Conn  Lt. 
John  Rucastle  Lt. 
George  Walker  Lt. 
Absalom  Bonham  Lt. 
Will,m  Kersey  Lt. 
Eph,m  Whitlock  Lt. 
Eden  Burrows  Lt 
Wessel  T.  Stout  Lt 
John  Reed  Lt 
John  Blair  Lt 
John  Bishop  Ens,n 


Moses  Sproul  do 

Wm  Tuttle  do 

Wm  Shute  do 

Almarine  Brooks  do 

Israel  Shreeve  Col. 

Jno  N.  Cumming  Lt.  Col.  Com, dr. 

Nath.l  Bowman  Major  2nd  Reg,t 

Jno  Burrows  Major  Col.  Spencers 

Derrick  Lane  Capt  2nd  Reg,t 

Wm  Helms  Capt  2nd  do 

Jno  Peck  Lt  do 

Jabez   Campfield   Surg,n   Dragoons 

Jeremiah  Bruen  Major  of  Artificers 

Abram  Stout  Late  Lt  2nd,  Reg,t 

John  Heard  Capt  P.  L.  D. 

Jon,h  Forman  Lt  Col. 

Wm  Barton  Capt 

M.  Ogden  Col. 

Jonathan  Phillips  Late  Capt 

Jonathan  Rhea  Lieut 

Wm  Piatt  Capt 

Sam.l  Reading  Major 

James  Heard  Capt  P  Legion 

F.  Luce  Ensign 

Jacob  Hyer  Ensign 

Abraham      Kinney    Lt     2nd     Regt 

Dragoons 

Oliver  Spencer  Colonel 
Cap  D   Hart 
Capt  Howell 
Capt  Morton 
Peter  Faulkner  Ens.r 
Jno  Hooper  do 
C.  R.  Suydam  do 


Copy  of  Richard  Cox,  Treasurers  Account  With  John  Pierce, 
Esq.,  Pay-master  to  the  Army  of  the  United  States 

Dr.  John  Pierce  Esq,r  Pay  Master  Genl,l 

To  the  Treasurer  of  the  Cincinnati  Society  of  N.  Jersey 

To  B  Genl  Dayton  order  in  favor  of  society  for 

To  Major  Rich,d  Cox  do 

To  Capt  Alex  Mitchell  do 

To  Capt  John  Holmes  do 

To  Capt  Samuel  Hendry  do 

To  Capt  Jonathan  Dayton  do 

To  Capt  Aaron  Ogden  do 

To  Capt  Able  Weyman  do 

To  Capt  Jeremiah  Ballard  do 

To  Capt  Jonathan  Holmes  do 

To  Capt  Nath,l  Leonard  do 

To  Capt  Cyrus  D  Hart  do 

To  Lieut  Luther  Halsey  do 

To  Lieut  Abram  Appleton  do 

To  Edmund  D.  Thomas  do 

To  —  Benajah  Osman  do 

To  —  Joseph  Buck  do 

To  Sam.l  Shute  do 

To  Sam.l  Seely  do 

To  —  Sam,l  Conn  do 

To  —  John  Rucastle  do 

To  —  George  Walker  do 

To  —  Absolern  Bonham  do 

To  —  Wm  Kersey  do 

To  --  Ephraim  Whitlock  do 

To  —  Eden  Burrows  do 

To  —  Wessel  Stout  do 

To  —  Jno  Reed  do 

To  —  Jno  Blair  do 

To  Ensign  Jno  Bishop  do 

To  —  Moses  Sproul  do 

To  —  William  Tuttle  do 

To  —  Wm  Shute  do 

To  —  Almarine  Brooks  do 

To  Eben.r  Elmer  Surgeon  do 

To  Jacob  Harris  do  do 

Reed  none    Tc  Moses  G.  Elmer  Mate  do 

To  Wm.  Pennington  Lieut  Artillery          do 

To  Col  Israel  Shreve  do 
To  Lt  Col  Com,  dr  Jno  N  Cummings        do 

To  Major  Nath,l  Bowman  do 

To  Major  Jno  Burrows  do 

To  Capt  Derrick  Lane  do 

To  —  Wm  Helmes  do 

To  Lieut  Jno  Peck  do 

Reed  none     To  Jabez  Campfield  Surgeon  Dragoons     do 

TD^^-J     «             .         T*—      T~—   . *      1_     T"» TV  T      •  r      A       .  •"*- 


Reed  none     To  Jeremiah  Bruen  Major  of  Artificer: 
To  Lieut  Abram  Stout 


To  Jno  Heard  Capt  P.  Light  Dragoons     do 

To  Lieut  Col  Jonathan  Forman  do 

To  Capt  Wm  Barton  do 

To  Col.  Matthias  Ogden  do 

To  Capt  Jonathan  Phillips  do 

To  Jonathan  Rhea  Lieut  do 

To  Capt  Wrm  Piatt  do 

To  Major  Sam,l  Reading  do 

To  Capt  James  Heard  P.  Legion  do 

To  Ensign  Francis  Luce  do 

To  —  Jacob  Hyer  do 
Reed  none    To  Abram  Kinney  Lt  Lt.  Dragoons          do 

To  Col  Oliver  Spencer  do 

To  Capt  Jno  Howell  do 

To  Capt  Absolem  Martin  do 

To  Ensign  Peter  Faulkner  do 

To  —  Jno  Hopper  do 

To  —  Cornelius  R.  Sydam  do 


1 20. 
50. 
40. 
40. 
40. 
40. 
40. 
40. 
40. 
40. 
40. 
40. 
26.60 
26.60 
26.60 
26.60 
26.60 
26.60 
26.60 
26.60 
26.60 
26.60 
26.60 
26.60 
26.60 
26.60 
26.60 
26.60 
26.60 
20. 
20. 

20. 
20 
20 


33-30 

75- 
75- 
50. 
So. 
40. 
40. 
26.60 


26.60 


40. 

75 

40. 

26.60 

40. 

50. 

50. 

20. 
20. 

75- 
40. 
40. 

20. 
20. 
20. 


47 


A  List  of  the  Members  of  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati,  in 

the  State  of  New  Jersey,  Made  by  Richard  Cox, 

Treasurer,  July,  1  788 


No.  Names 

i     Eli  as  Dayton 
Matthias  Ogden 
David  Korman 
Israel  Shreve 
5     Oliver  Spencer 

John   Noble  Cumming 
David  Brearly 
Jonathan  Forman 
Richard  Howell 

10    Joseph  Bloomrield     f 
John  Ross 
John  Burrows 
John  Hollinshead    f 
Samuel  Reading 

15     Richard  Cox 

Nathaniel  Donnall 
Dead  t     Nathanial  Bowman 
Jeremiah  Bruen 
Richard  Lloyd     f 

20    John  Heard 
James  Heard 
Jeremiah  Ballard 
Giles  Mead 
t    Alexander  Mitchell 

25     William  Helmes 

John  Holmes 

Aaron  Ogden 

Samuel  Hendry 

William  Piatt 
30    Jonathan  Dayton 

Jonathan  Holmes 

Cyrus  D.  Hart 
Nathaniel  Leonard 
John  Howell 
35     William  Barton 
Absolom  Martin 
Derick  Lane 

John  Polhemus 

Jonathan  Phillips 
40    Jacob  Piatt    f 

Luther  Halsey 

Edmond  D.  Thomas 

Abraham  Appleton 

John  Blair 
45     Ephraim  Whitlock 

Eden  Burrows 

John  Reed 

John  Ruecastle 

Samuel  Seely 
50    Absolom  Bonham 


Rank 
Brig.  Genl. 

Colonel 

Lieut.  Colonel 
Major 


Captain 
Captain 


Major 


Capt 
Capt 
Capt 
Capt 
Capt 


Captain 


Deposited  no  pay 


Deposited  no  pay 


Never  met  the  Society 
Never  met  the  Society 
Deposited  no  pay 
Ditto 


Never  met  the  Society 

— not  to  be  paid 


Never  met  the  Society. 

Capt. 

Ditto  Capt. 

Capt. 


Never  met  the  Society 
Removed  to  the  State 

of  New  York 


Deposited  no  pay 


Removed  out  of  tine  State 

*  Never  met  the  Society 
Removed  out  of  the  State 

*  Removed  out  of  the  State 

*  Never  met  the  Society 
Never  met  the  Society 


No.  Names 

William  Kersey 

Samuel  M.  Shute 

Jonathan  Rhea 

John  Peck 
55     Banajah  Osman 

Joseph  Buck 

Wessel  Tenbrook  Stout 

William  Pennington 

Chillion  Ford 
60    Jonathan  Snowden 

James  Anderson 

James  Bonnell 

Robert  Pemberton 

Seth  Bowen 
65     Eli  Elmer 

John  Shreve* 

Anthony  Reckless 

George  Walker 

Abraham  Kinney 
70    John  Bishop 

William  Shute 

Peter  Faulkner 

Almarine  Brooks 

Francis  Luce 
75     Moses  Sprowls 

William  Tuttle 

John  Hopper 

Jacob  Hyer 

Cornelius  R.  Sydam 
80    John  Read 

Ephraim  Darby 

Rev.  Andrew  Hunter 

Lewis  Dunham 

Jazeb  Campfield 
85     George  Campble 

Ebenezar  Elmer 

Jacob  Harris 

John  Conway 

Elias  Boudinott,  Esq. 
90     Thomas  Henderson,  Esq. 
Robert  Lettis  Hooper,  Esq. 


Rank 

Captain 

Lieut. 


Capt.  Lieut. 
Captain 

Lieut. 
Capt.  Lieut. 

Lieut. 


Ensign 


Lieut. 
Chaplain 
Surgeon 


Lieut.  Col. 
Honoary 


Remarks 


Removed  out  of  the  State 
Never  met  the  Society 


Deposited  no  pay 

Ditto 
Never  met  the  Society 

Ditto 

Ditto 

*  Never  met  the  Society 

or  deposited  any  pay 

*  Ditto    Never  met  the 

Society 
Removed  out  of  the  State 

*  Ditto    Deposited  no  pay 
Never  met  the  Society 

Never  met  the  Society 


*  Never  met  the  Soci ety 


Never  met  the  Society 
Never  met  the  Society 


Never  met  the  Society 
*  Ditto    Ent.  this  State 

Society  5th  July  1788 


95 

100 

John  Beaty,  Esq. 
Able  Weyman 
Samuel  Conn 
Abraham  Stout 
Frederick  Frelinghuysen, 
Daniel  Baldwin 
Moses  Elmer 
William  Burnet 
James  F.  Armstrong 
James  Giles 
Ebenezar  Stockton 

Comm.of  Prisoners 
Capt             Dead 

Lieut.             Never  met  the  Society 
Esq.        Honoary 
Capt 
Surg.  Mate 
Surgeon 
Chaplain 
Capt.  Lieut. 
Surgeon 

T  July  6,  1791,  the  Treasurer  in  his  account  charges  himself  as  follows,  to  wit: 
To  cash  received  of  Major  Bloomfield  for  four  years'  interest  which  he  received  on  a 
certificate  deposited  for  one  month's  pay,  $12. 

t  The  one  month's  pay  of  John  Hollinshead,  deposited  1789. 

Ditto.  Richard   Lloyd,   deposited    1796  by    his    successor,    Wil 

liam   Lloyd. 

Ditto.  Jacob  Piatt,  deposited   1789. 

i  Alexander  Mitchell  dropped  from  roll   September,    1783. 
t  These  marks  preceding  names  appear  so  on  list  in  writing  of  Richard    Cox. 


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